California Courts of Appeal Decisions
Recent Decisions From the California Courts of Appeal
Date: October 16, 2019
Docket Number: B287876
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: B289717
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, on behalf of himself and a proposed class of similarly situated county utility ratepayers, filed suit against the city and the Department of Water and Power (DWP), alleging that DWP overcharged ratepayers for...
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: C086745
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) filed a petition in June 2014 to overturn a March 2014 order of defendant Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control District1 (Water Board) that sought to impose liability...
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: D073755
Justia Opinion Summary: In July 2013, the California State Board of Pharmacy (the Board) filed an accusation against pharmacist Solomon Oduyale, citing 20 charges for discipline and seeking revocation of his pharmacist license. By August 2016,...
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: E070345
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Robert Wehr was convicted of receiving a stolen vehicle under Penal Code section 496d(a). Before his sentencing, Wehr moved to designate his conviction a misdemeanor under Proposition 47. The trial court denied...
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: A152179
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs challenged the Board of Optometry's denial of an application for a statement of licensure submitted by Rudick, a licensed optometrist (Business and Professions Code section 3041.2), Rudick is a 49% owner of Ri...
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: B290693
Justia Opinion Summary: The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's order awarding plaintiff attorney fees following the settlement of her action against Hyundai. Plaintiff moved for a fee award using the lodestar method for a total of $191,...
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: D072463
Justia Opinion Summary: Ron Koenig was the superintendent and principal of the Warner Unified School District (the district). He and the district entered an agreement to terminate his employment one year before his employment agreement was due...
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: G055942
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Cesar Meneses appealed after a jury found him guilty of four counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under 14 years of age and found true, as to each count, the multiple victim sentencing enhancement alleg...
Date: October 10, 2019
Docket Number: B279995
Justia Opinion Summary: After a customer purchased a pharmaceutical product from Target (the retailer) which was distributed by McKesson (the supplier), she experienced an adverse reaction to the product that resulted in serious bodily injury....
Date: October 10, 2019
Docket Number: G056706
Justia Opinion Summary: Attorney-defendant Peter Porter represented plaintiff Elise Sharon in a lawsuit resulting in a 2008 default judgment entered in favor of Sharon. In October 2015, a judgment debtor wrote to Sharon, claiming the judgment w...
