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Monsanto lawyers file response to supplemental briefing questions
Lawyers representing the Monsanto company have filed responses to questions in a supplemental briefing in the appeal of Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company, a case that will have big ramifications in thousands of other Roundup lawsuits. -
Appeals court rules in favor of BART in 2017 platform robbery case behind common carrier law
SAN FRANCISCO – A state appeals court on Jan. 15 ruled that a woman who was robbed at a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station cannot hold the public transit agency accountable because the crime took place while she was on the platform, not the train. -
Four amicus briefs filed in case appeal of bellwether Roundup trial; Farmers question - 'what is the law?'
SAN FRANCISCO – Four amicus briefs have been filed in the California Court of Appeals, First Appellate District, Division One in the case of Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto. -
Attorney: Recent Calif. SC stance on class actions similar to federal courts'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A Los Angeles-based commercial litigator says that last month's California Supreme Court ruling that helps class action lawyers get their classes certified is consistent with how federal courts handle the same issue. -
Monsanto files reply brief in Johnson case appeal; seeks Roundup verdict reversal
SAN FRANCISCO – Monsanto this week filed a combined reply brief and cross-respondent’s brief in the Dewayne Johnson cancer case against its Roundup weed killer in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division One. -
Court grants PG&E’s reconsideration and denies Save Lafayette Trees protected tree petition
In an opinion filed on October 23, 2018, denying the petition filed by Save Lafayette Trees but granting Pacific Gas and Electric Company reconsideration, Stuart R. Pollak, Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four, held causes of action two, three, and four, demurrers affirmed, however reversing cause of action one, the order sustaining the City of Lafayette’s demurrer. -
Court upholds denial of writ petition challenging approval of project in Helena
SAN FRANCISCO – Two neighborhood groups have lost an appeal in a suit over the planned development of a residential building in Helena. -
Appeals court upholds prescriptive easement allowing access to path leading to MacKerricher State Park
SAN FRANCISCO – California's First District Court of Appeal recently affirmed a Mendocino County Superior Court ruling that granted a homeowner, who also rents the property on Airbnb, access to a path that runs along a neighbor's property line and leads MacKerricher State Park. -
California appeal court affirms Recology ruling in employee drug testing and counseling lawsuit
A state appeal court recently declined to revive a consolidated employee class action against San Francisco's largest recycling and solid waste company over its drug testing and counseling program. -
Court affirms jury verdict in case over closure of San Francisco's apartment courtyard to use by children
SAN FRANCISCO – A state appeals court recently affirmed a lower court jury's verdict in a tenant harassment lawsuit filed by residents of an upscale San Francisco apartment complex over the use of a courtyard. -
Former Kaggle President can bypass arbitration to sue board members over 2017 Google purchase, appeals court rules
Australian researcher and former Kaggle president Jeremy Howard is free to sue board members who he claims cheated him when the company was sold to Google in 2017, according to a recent state appeals court ruling. -
First Appellate District Court affirms setting aside default judgments in asbestos injury suits
SAN FRANCISCO – The 1st Appellate District Court of the California Court of Appeal, Division Five affirmed an order that set aside default judgments in asbestos injury cases that were served on a company that ceased operating in the 1970s. -
John Russo Industrial Sheetmetal awarded attorney's fees over 'junk claim' filed by LA World Airports
SAN FRANCISCO – A state appellate court has upheld a ruling granting attorneys' fees in a claim a lower court called a "junk claim." -
Court reverses decision on asbestos case
A real estate developer that allegedly provided asbestos-laden pipes to a worker who later developed mesothelioma obtained a victory in court. -
Appeals court modifies arbitration award between two deathcore band members
SAN FRANCISCO – A California appeals court recently modified an arbitration award in a dispute between two original members of the Oakland-based "deathcore" band All Shall Perish. -
Bakersfield has no 'design immunity' in suit over child struck by vehicle, state appeals court rules
FRESNO (Northern California Record) – California's Fifth District Court of Appeal recently affirmed a lower court's ruling that a city of Bakersfield plan or design for a crosswalk where a child was struck by a vehicle earlier this year does not grant the city "design immunity" in the subsequent liability lawsuit. -
State appeals court favors hotel owners in dispute over San Francisco rental laws
SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) — A group of residential hotel owners recently scored a victory when a state appeals court found in their favor against San Francisco's attempts to lengthen required stays in short term rentals. -
Obata Descendants Remain Sole Heirs to Estates of two sisters
California probate law recognizes Japanese "yoshi-engumi" as an “adoption,” appeals court rules -
Court reverses judgment on UCL claim against Wiyot Band of Indians cigarette shop owner
SAN FRANCISCO – A Table Bluff Rancheria cigarette shop owner has won a reversal from an appeals court regarding an Unfair Competition Law (UCL) claim in a case over cigarette sales filed by the state. -
San Francisco Police Officers' Association denied arbitration over use of force revisions
SAN FRANCISCO – An appeals court has denied a petition for arbitration presented by the San Francisco Police Officers' Association.