Category: 2013

Filed 3/28/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MARIBEL BALTAZAR, Plaintiff and Respondent, S208345 v. Ct.App. 2/1 B237173 FOREVER 21, INC., et al., Los Angeles County Defendants and Appellants. Super. Ct. No. VC059254 In this case, we are once again asked to determine the enforceability of an arbitration agreement under the law of unconscionability. As […]

Filed 3/28/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S076785 v. PEDRO RANGEL, JR., Madera County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. M13413A A jury convicted defendant Pedro Rangel, Jr., of the first degree murders of Juan Uribe and Chuck Durbin. (Pen. Code, ? 187, subd. (a); id., former ? 189.) […]

Filed 4/4/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA NYKEYA KILBY, Plaintiff and Appellant, S215614 v. 9th Cir. Nos. CVS PHARMACY, INC., 12-56130/13-56095 Defendant and Respondent. S.D. Cal. No. 3:09-CV-2051-MMA-KSC AND CONSOLIDATED CASE. C.D. Cal. No. 2:11-CV-3428-PSG-PLA The Ninth Circuit has certified questions1 involving California wage order requirements that an employer provide suitable seating for employees […]

Filed 4/21/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S022998 v. ANTHONY LETRICE TOWNSEL, Madera County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 8926 ____________________________________) A jury convicted defendant Anthony Letrice Townsel of the first degree murders of Mauricio Martinez and Martha Diaz (Pen. Code, ? 187, subd. (a); further statutory references […]

Filed 5/5/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA ALEYAMMA JOHN, Petitioner, S222726 v. Ct.App. 2/7 B256604 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BV030258 Respondent; SYLVIA CHAN, Real Party in Interest. The vexatious litigant statutory scheme (Code Civ. Proc., ?? 391-391.7)1 applies exclusively to self-represented litigants. Section 391.7, subdivision […]

Filed 5/5/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CATHERINE FLORES, Plaintiff and Appellant, S209836 v. Ct.App. 2/3 B235409 PRESBYTERIAN INTERCOMMUNITY ) HOSPITAL, Los Angeles County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. No. VC058225 ____________________________________) A personal injury action generally must be filed within two years of the date on which the challenged act or omission occurred. […]

Filed 12/26/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA ANNEMARIE DONKIN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, S202210 v. Ct.App. 2/1 B228704 RODNEY E. DONKIN, JR., et al., as Trustees, etc., Los Angeles County Defendants and Appellants. Super. Ct. No. BP109463 ____________________________________) Rodney E. Donkin and Mary E. Donkin, a married couple, executed a revocable trust in […]

Filed 12/26/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S189462 v. Ct.App. 5 F058249 THOMAS RAYMOND SHOCKLEY, Stanislaus County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 1238243 We must decide whether battery is a lesser and necessarily included offense of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under 14 years of age […]

Filed 12/19/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S118629 v. ROBERT LEE WILLIAMS, JR., Riverside County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. CR64075 ____________________________________) Defendant Robert Lee Williams, Jr., was convicted by a jury of two counts of first degree murder (Pen. Code, ? 187; all further statutory references are […]

Filed 12/12/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL ) DISTRICT, Plaintiff and Appellant, S199639 v. 9th Cir. No. 10-55879 MICHAEL GARCIA, Defendant and Respondent. ____________________________________) In California, an individual with a disability who is between 18 and 22 years of age and has not yet earned a regular high school diploma […]

Filed 12/12/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S058019 v. GEORGE LOPEZ CONTRERAS, Tulare County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 37619 A Tulare County jury convicted George Lopez Contreras (defendant) of robbing and murdering a storeowner, Saleh Bin Hassan (Hassan). Defendant was found guilty, as charged, of first degree […]

Filed 12/2/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S094890 v. JOSEPH KEKOA MANIBUSAN, Monterey County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. SM 980798 A jury convicted defendant Joseph Kekoa Manibusan of two counts of first degree murder and one count each of attempted murder, aggravated mayhem, and second degree attempted […]

Filed 11/14/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA ELAYNE VALDEZ, Petitioner, S204387 v. Ct.App. 2/7 B237147 WORKERS? COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and WAREHOUSE W.C.A.B. No ADJ7048296 DEMO SERVICES et al., Respondents. This case concerns the admissibility of doctors? reports in workers? compensation proceedings. The Court of Appeal granted writ review and annulled decisions by the Workers? […]

Filed 10/2/13 (unmodified opn. attached) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S089478 v. Orange County HUNG THANH MAI, Super. Ct. No. 96NF 1961 Defendant and Appellant. ____________________________________) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING THE COURT: The opinion herein, filed August 26, 2013, and appearing at 57 Cal.4th 986, […]

Filed 10/2/13 (unmodified opn. attached) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S070536 v. LUIS MACIEL, Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. BA108995 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING THE COURT: The opinion herein, filed August 8, 2013, and appearing at 57 Cal.4th 482, is modified […]

Filed 10/2/13 (unmodified opn. attached) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S042346 v. BRYAN MAURICE JONES, San Diego County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. CR 136371 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING THE COURT: The opinion herein, filed August 26, 2013, and appearing at 57 Cal.4th 899, […]