California 1st District Court of Appeal
Recent News About California 1st District Court of Appeal
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Appeals court: CA law may not allow seawalls to protect coastal homes built after 1977
A panel of the California First District Court of Appeal agreed with the California Coastal Commission that a Half Moon Bay condo complex can be denied a seawall, even though the Casa Mira Homeowners Association asserted their community will be washed away by the sea without one -
Appeals court: More work to do before In-N-Out can top off settlement of mass actions over worker pants
A state appeals panel says a Sonoma County judge wrongly blocked lawyers for other plaintiffs from getting a seat at the table in court proceedings over a possible settlement to end PAGA actions over claims the fast food chain broke California labor law by not repaying workers for their required white work uniform pants. -
Appeals panel: Plaintiff can't 'borrow' insurer BCBS' financial loss to sue drug maker over dose sizes
A California appellate court has ruled an unscathed plaintiff cannot "borrow" an injury from his insurance company, to press a suit against a San Francisco area pharmaceutical company for allegedly selling unnecessarily large dosages of anti-cancer drugs. -
California court says new law gives more time to lodge sex assault suits, in case vs Massage Envy franchisees
A California appeals panel has ruled a new state law extends the statute of limitations for sexual battery suits, in a case involving a group of women whose suits alleged they were molested at massage spas, but which had been dismissed because they were filed late. -
California appeals court's ban on towing cars with parking tickets seen as setback for public safety
A California appeals court has barred municipal government agencies from towing vehicles that have been the subject of multiple unpaid traffic tickets, provided the car is parked legally and is not causing a safety hazard. -
Appeals panel says Ring's arbitration agreement doesn't apply to customers' class action over doorbell footage fees
Video doorbell maker allegedly failed to properly tell consumers about monthly per-device footage access fee -
California appeals court says alleged debtor, by simply using credit card, didn't agree to arbitrate dispute with collection agency
A California appellate panel has ruled a collection agency came up broke in arguing an alleged debtor, by using his credit card, implied he would arbitrate, rather than sue the agency for allegedly breaching debt collection law.