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Date: August 15, 2018
Docket Number: A146679
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was the Minor’s stepfather. Minor was 10-11 years old when he began sexually abusing her. Minor said defendant abused her approximately twice a week. Defendant spoke with police detectives after being read his...
Date: August 15, 2018
Docket Number: A146932
Justia Opinion Summary: Winslett sued her former landlord after he failed to make repairs to her apartment and filed an unlawful detainer action against her. Landlord responded with an anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation,...
Date: August 14, 2018
Docket Number: A149896
Justia Opinion Summary: The Center sought a writ of mandate directing the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources to order the immediate closure of oil and gas wells injecting fluids into certain un...
Date: August 14, 2018
Docket Number: E068607
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Peyman Heidary (Heidary) allegedly owned and oversaw a network of medical clinics to generate fraudulent billings to workers’ compensation and insurance carriers. A non-attorney, he also allegedly controlled t...
Date: August 14, 2018
Docket Number: H044764
Justia Opinion Summary: Labor Code section 226.2, effective January 1, 2016, addresses the compensation of piece-rate employees for rest and recovery periods and other nonproductive time on the job (rest/NP time). Subdivision (b) provides a saf...
Date: August 13, 2018
Docket Number: A142418
Justia Opinion Summary: After crossing the finish line at the 2011 Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon, Hass suffered a cardiac arrest and died. Hass’s wife and his minor children filed a wrongful death action, alleging that race-affi...
Date: August 13, 2018
Docket Number: A142799
Justia Opinion Summary: AC operates transit buses in and around Alameda County. Bus routes range from 15 minutes to over an hour, with a small recovery time scheduled at the end of each route, which may not be available depending on whether the...
Date: August 13, 2018
Docket Number: D072152
Justia Opinion Summary: Rudolfo Nuno hit a person with his car, causing serious injuries. He drove a few blocks away and called 911 to report the incident. He was later charged with assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious bodily inju...
Date: August 13, 2018
Docket Number: E066267
Justia Opinion Summary: Richard Fournier and Wendy Crossland (collectively, the Fourniers) filed an action (the Fournier case) against Monster Energy Company (Monster) and a related defendant. The Fourniers were represented by the R. Rex Parris...
Date: August 13, 2018
Docket Number: E067575
Justia Opinion Summary: Employees of WinCo Foods, LLC and/or WinCo Holdings, Inc. (collectively WinCo) were undisputedly subject to a collective bargaining agreement which purported to provide that an employee who worked a shift of less than si...
