California Third District Court Of Appeal
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CA appeal court: Personal injury plaintiffs can't claim all hospital expenses, just because they visited ER once
The decision, which directed a Sacramento court to recalculate $3.3M in medical expenses and interest awarded to a car crash plaintiff, found the court had misapplied California's Hospital Lien Act. The court said the law allows plaintiffs to only seek expenses racked up from arrival at the ER to discharge, not into "perpetuity" -
CA lawmakers exempt Capitol Annex project from state enviro review law, can't be sued
A state appeals court said California lawmakers didn't violate the state constitution by specifically and immediately exempting the $1.2B Capitol Annex project from the state's controversial California Environmental Quality Act, in an apparent move to thwart legal challenges seeking to halt the project -
CA appeals court: Prop 5 ballot language won't mislead voters into OKing easier property tax hikes
A California state appellate court overruled a Sacramento County Superior Court judge who had agreed the ballot language drafted by the California Attorney General's office for Prop 5 could dupe voters by providing a description that left out crucial details -
SCOTUS: CA appeal court wrong to block man from suing El Dorado County over $23K 'traffic fees' for one house
The U.S. Supreme Court took to task the California Third District Court of Appeals for ruling that the Fifth Amendment's prohibition on property takings doesn't apply to permit fee schemes enacted by legislatures, like the El Dorado County Board. -
California election authorities can't bump Fong from race to replace McCarthy in Congress, appeals panel says
A California state appeals court has ruled California Secretary of State Shirley Weber misinterpreted the state's election laws in attempting to block Republican State Assemblyman Vince Fong from the ballot in the contest to replace former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy -
CalChamber loses bid to delay California data privacy regulations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California can begin enforcing data privacy regulations under a law voters passed in 2020, an appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments by the California Chamber of Commerce that there should be a one-year delay between the promulgation of new rules and when they can be enforced. -
Appellate Court rejects criminalizing mistaken referral to someone's gender in long term care centers
The Third District Court of Appeal ruled that making it a crime to wrongfully refer to someone's gender or using a dead name is overkill -
State appeals court upholds denial of environmental groups' challenge in Cordova Hills project
SACRAMENTO — A state appeals court recently declined to revive an environmental group's challenge to a planned community in Sacramento County.