First District Court of Appeal California
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Attorney: Recent Calif. SC stance on class actions similar to federal courts'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A Los Angeles-based commercial litigator says that last month's California Supreme Court ruling that helps class action lawyers get their classes certified is consistent with how federal courts handle the same issue. -
California court reverses decision in overtime wage dispute against Tender Heart Home Care Agency
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The case of California caregiver who alleged she was not paid overtime has been remanded back to a lower court by a state appellate court. -
California court reverses part of ruling against East Bay Publishing over employee's wage claims
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A sales and marketing director for a weekly California newspaper has won part of an appeal in his case over allegedly unpaid wages. -
National Lawyers Guild will have to pay $3K for edited body cam footage from Calif. protest
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appellate court reversed a trial court’s interpretation of the California Public Records Act (CPRA) and found that the language of the statute included defendant and appellant city of Hayward, et al.’s “actual expenditures to produce a copy of the body camera video recordings, including the cost of extracting exempt material from these video recordings with the aid of special computer programming.” -
Uber ordered to release due diligence materials in Google's case against former employees who started self-driving car business
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court reversed a superior court’s decision that granted plaintiff and respondent Uber Technologies Inc.’s petition to vacate the arbitration panel’s discovery in its discovery order. -
California court reverses ruling in Pep Boys asbestos case; Decedent was a 'do-it-yourselfer'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appellate court has reversed and remanded in part a ruling in a case filed by the seven adult children of a Los Angeles man who passed away of mesothelioma. -
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Lawyer denied access to Calif. State Bar records; He seeks info on race, law schools and test scores
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A group of attorneys seeking access to information about records of admissions to the California State Bar have lost their appeal in court. -
Calif. court reduces penalties against law firm in paralegal's wage dispute
SAN FRANCISCO – The First Appellate District of the Court of Appeal of California has reduced the penalties on a law firm in a wage dispute between a paralegal and the law firm. -
Appeals court dismisses call for California consumers to be reimbursed sales tax on Ensure
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has dismissed an action over claims that consumers were wrongly charged sales tax on a line of nutritional drink products. -
California agency's Prop 65 lead regulation upheld by appellate court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The California Court of Appeal,1st Appellate District, Division Two recently affirmed the ruling of a lower court in favor of the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), regarding acceptable levels of lead in water as it relates to reproductive health. -
Uber driver says he was told to create fake accounts to mess with Lyft drivers; Lawsuit will not go to arbitration
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appellate court has affirmed a ruling of a lower court that in the case of Ryan Smythe v. Uber Technologies Inc., “the court correctly found that the action is beyond the scope of Smythe’s arbitration agreement with Uber.” -
Calif. court reinstates lawsuit against Home Depot filed by former employee claiming wrongful termination
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – On May 31, Justice Douglas P. Miller of the California Court of Appeal, 4th Appellate District, Division Two announced reversal of a dismissal of case concerning the claims of a former Home Depot employee who sued over allegations of disability discrimination, wrongful termination and eight other related claims. -
Tire company avoids wrongful death case; Claims stemmed from a separate accident years prior
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The 1st Appellate District Court of California, Division Three affirmed a judgment in favor of the defendants Continental Tire North America and mechanic Chi Tai in a wrongful death case after finding no evidence to connect the defendants' actions and the cause of a deadly traffic accident years after a separate accident occurred. -
Calif. court gives hope to class action filed by custodians at ABM Industries
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appellate court has reversed a lower court's decision denying class status to janitorial workers at ABM Industries who retained a wage and hour expert, noting “it appears that plaintiffs have identified a number of common questions suitable for classwide resolution.” -
California court rejects class certification in inflatable pool case against Rite Aid
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The California Court of Appeal 1st Appellate District, Division Four has let the air out of class certification of a lawsuit filed against Thrifty Payless Inc. over allegations that a swimming pool purchased at a Rite Aid store did not match the pictures on the packaging. -
California court: 'No reasonable suspicion' to detain police officer trainee
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The First District Court of Appeal in California on Nov. 16 affirmed a trial court decision that awarded more than $575,000 in damages plus attorney fees to a police cadet trainee after he was arrested by officers from his own department. -
California appellate court affirms judgment in case involving potential discipline of physical therapist
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – California 4th Appellate District Court of Appeal, Division One on Oct. 16 upheld a Superior Court decision that an Orange County woman who practiced as a physical therapist could be disciplined by the Physical Therapy Board of California for misdemeanor property damage after she had allegedly misused alcohol. -
California court rejects Coming and Going Rule special errand claim in fatal accident case
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The California 1st District Court of Appeals on Sept. 22 upheld an earlier trial court's decision that the company of an employee driving to his office while off-work could not be held liable for a traffic accident that killed a woman on Dec. 13, 2012. -
Calif. court reinstate's driver's lawsuit against DeSoto Cab
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- The Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District has reversed a ruling in a wage-and-hour suit brought against DeSoto Cab Co. -
Court rules against security guards suing San Francisco Giants
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants scored a legal win when a state appeals court sided with the team, overturning a lower court ruling that denied the team’s request for arbitration in a wage-and-hour claim.