McAlester, OK - The families and estates of two men killed in a oil well blowout sued Red Mountain Energy, Crescent Consulting, Patterson UTI, and National Oilwell Varco on negligence and wrongful death theories.

Drilling contractor Patterson-UTI Energy and operator Red Mountain Energy admitted a tragic explosion that took place at the site of a drilling operation in Oklahoma, resulting i... More...   $0 (01-29-2020 - OK)

In 1950 the owner of property in Boyle Heights agreed to
provide eight parking spaces to the owner of a neighboring lot
who wanted to build a warehouse exceeding the maximum
allowable square footage then permitted by the Los Angeles
Municipal Code (LAMC). A notarized parking affidavit
documenting the agreement was filed with the Los Angeles
Department of Building and Safety... More...   $0 (01-22-2020 - CA)

Plaintiff Nilay B. Patel contracted with defendant
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) to lease a vehicle. During
the lease period, the vehicle’s navigation system experienced
recurring problems, which MBUSA was unable to repair. Patel
sued MBUSA under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act
(the Act, Civ. Code, §§ 1790-1795.8).1 At trial, the jury found the
vehicle had a substan... More...   $0 (01-01-2020 - CA)

Plaintiff Jeremiah Mathews worked as a maintenance supervisor and a cook for
defendant Happy Valley Conference Center, Inc. (Happy Valley), which hosts seminars,
retreats, and camps on a 30-acre property in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Happy Valley is
a subordinate affiliate of defendant Community of Christ (the Church). When a younger
male employee confided in plaintiff that Hap... More...   $0 (12-16-2019 - CA)

The Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS)
appeals from a judgment following the trial court’s ruling
sustaining a demurrer to ALADS’s complaint without leave to
amend. ALADS sued respondent County of Los Angeles (County)
concerning the County’s alleged breach of a labor agreement.
The trial court sustained the County’s demurrer on the sole
ground that ALADS fa... More...   $0 (12-03-2019 - CA)

Family law practitioners should read this opinion with the
following in mind: “[F]amily law court is a court of equity . . . .”
(E.g., In re Marriage of Boswell (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1172,
1174.) Appellate attack upon a discretionary trial court ruling is
an “uphill battle.” (Estate of Gilkison (1998) 65 Cal.App.4th
1443, 1448.)
Mark Bittenson (husband) appeals a pretrial ... More...   $0 (10-22-2019 - CA)

In this acrimonious dispute between neighbors over a
driveway easement, defendants Stephen and Tracy Lee appeal
the trial court’s denial of a motion pursuant to Code of Civil
Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute,1 directed at
three claims plaintiff Starview Property, LLC asserted for the
first time in its first amended complaint. Although the Lees’
motion was ti... More...   $0 (10-19-2019 - CA)

Attorney defendant Peter J. 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 was void. In November 2015,
Sharon’s new attorney correctly opined that the judgment was indeed void. In September
2016, the debtor filed a motion to vacate the j... More...   $0 (10-11-2019 - CA)

Under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA)
(Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.),
1 an employee may seek civil penalties
for Labor Code violations committed against her and other
aggrieved employees by bringing –– on behalf of the state –– a
representative action against her employer. (§ 2699, subd. (a).)
In Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC (2014) 59
Ca... More...   $0 (09-13-2019 - CA)

Petitioner Josafat Rodriguez, Jr. is a veteran of the Gulf War, and served as a
police officer for the City of Santa Cruz (“City”) from 1995 until 2007. He applied for
industrial disability retirement in 2011 with the California Public Employee’s Retirement
System (“PERS” or “CalPERS”) based on his diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (“PTSD”) that was caused in part by his ... More...   $0 (09-10-2019 - CA)