Category: California Courts of Appeal Opinions

Filed 1/24/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) NORTH SONOMA COAST FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ERICK ROESER, as Auditor-Controller, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents; DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, Real Party in Interest and Respondent. C090758 (Super. Ct. No. 34-2017-80002896-CU-WM-GDS ) APPEAL […]

Filed 1/4/22 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX AGNES NABISERE MUBANDA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, Defendant and Respondent. 2d Civ. No. B303504 (Super. Ct. No. 18CV00628) (Santa Barbara County) Thirty-year-old Davies Kabogoza drowned when, while stand-up paddle boarding, he fell into the […]

Filed 1/24/22 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION[1]* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO NORTH AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. EGYA NUBAR GUGASYAN et al., Defendants and Respondents. B303753 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC660525) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING REHEARING NO CHANGE IN […]

Filed 1/11/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY CO., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RUBEN HERNANDEZ, Defendant and Appellant. B308814 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC384093) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Malcolm H. […]

Filed 1/11/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR CATLIN INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DANKO MEREDITH LAW FIRM, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants. A160358 (San Mateo County Super. Ct. No. 20CIV00107) INTRODUCTION These consolidated appeals present a narrow question of civil […]

Filed 1/11/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE GEORGE ISAAK et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; SYNGENTA AG et al., Real Parties in Interest. A163675 (Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. JCCP5031) Petitioner George Isaak is an […]

Filed 12/16/21; Certified for publication 1/11/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE TIFFANY YAN XU, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HAIDI WENWU HUANG et al., Defendants and Respondents. B311883 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 20PSCV00695) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of […]

Filed 1/4/22; Modified and certified for publication 1/11/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN ERIC ALVIN COVERT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FCA USA, LLC, Defendant and Appellant. B303663 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC629240) APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles […]

Filed 1/11/22 (unmodified opinion and 12/16/21 modification order attached) CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ENRIQUE MAYORGA JIMENEZ, Defendant and Appellant. E074849 (Super.Ct.No. 16CR021449) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING AND MODIFYING OPINION [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT] THE […]

Filed 1/11/22 (unmodified opinion attached) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Shasta) CHURCH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GUIDEONE SPECIALTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. C088373 (Super. Ct. No. 181887) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING REHEARING [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT] APPEAL from […]

Filed 1/11/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents. C090477 (Super. Ct. No. 34-2017-80002696-CU-WM-GDS ) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, […]

Filed 1/6/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NATHANIEL DAVID PORTER, Defendant and Appellant. F080921 (Super. Ct. No. 07CM3809HTA) OPINION APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kings County. Valerie R. Chrissakis, Judge. John P. Dwyer, under […]

Filed 1/5/22 (unmodified opn. attached) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR MARK GOODWIN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COMERICA BANK, N.A., Defendant and Respondent. A160909 (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. RG17855144) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING REHEARING; NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT THE COURT: It […]

Filed 12/6/21; Modified and certified for publication 1/4/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (San Joaquin) JASON CIRRINCIONE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMERICAN SCISSOR LIFT, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents. C092519 (Super. Ct. No. STK-CV-UOE-2018-0004608) Plaintiff Jason Cirrincione appeals from the order denying class certification […]

Filed 1/3/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT ROGER JOHNSON, Individually and as Trustee, etc. et al., Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants, v. LITTLE ROCK RANCH, LLC, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent; PREMIER VALLEY, INC., Cross-complainant, Cross-defendant and Respondent; ALBERT ROEN et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents. F078173 […]

Filed 12/10/21; Certified for Publication 1/3/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN In re Marriage of BETSEY BRUBAKER and ANDY STRUM. B307887 (Los Angeles County BETSEY BRUBAKER, Appellant, v. ANDY STRUM, Respondent. Super. Ct. No. 17STFL05662) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of […]

Filed 1/3/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LUIS MUNOZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PL HOTEL GROUP, LLC, et al., Defendants and Respondents. D078215 (Super. Ct. No. 37-2019-00017904- CU-FR-CTL) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Timothy B. Taylor, Judge. […]

Filed 1/6/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MOHAMMED ABDELSALAM, Defendant and Appellant. B307375 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. KA115170) APPEAL from and an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Rogelio G. Delgado, Judge. […]

Filed 1/3/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ERNESTO MEJORADO, Defendant and Appellant. B308926 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA079230) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles. Ronald S. […]

Filed 12/28/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE NANCY GRASSI, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. G060362 (Super. Ct. Nos. 19WM15522, 30-2021-01194652) O P I N I O N Original proceedings; petition for writ […]

Filed 12/28/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX CAROLYN PAPPAS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,   v. STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY et al., Defendants and Respondents; GAVIOTA COASTAL TRAIL ALLIANCE, Intervener and Appellant. 2d Civil No. B304347 (Super. Ct. No. 1417388) (Santa Barbara County) […]

Filed 12/28/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE ROBERT WESTMORELAND et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. FIRE INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Defendant and Appellant. A160387 (Lake County Super. Ct. No. CV418827) This case requires an analysis of the indemnity owed under an extended replacement cost […]

Filed 12/27/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. YAHOR ZGURSKI, Defendant and Appellant. A160525 (City & County of San Francisco Super. Ct. No. SCN226691) In 2018, a jury convicted Yahor Zgurski of using the personal identifying information […]

Filed 12/27/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE JOHN PARK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LAW OFFICES OF TRACEY BUCK-WALSH et al., Defendants; DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Real Party in Interest and Respondent. A161672 (Sonoma County Super. Ct. Nos. SCV-2599791 & SCV-261163) John Park is […]

Filed 12/27/21 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION[1]* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT STEVEN A. SUGARMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HALLE BENETT et al., Defendants and Appellants. B307753 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 19STCV36697)     APPEALS from orders of the Superior Court of […]