Daily Opinion Summaries for California Appellate Districts - 03/23/2011

Daily Opinion Summaries California Appellate Districts March 23, 2011 FindLaw.com Daily Opinion Summaries Newsletter Quick Links Cases & Codes Careers LawBrain Legal Market Center Lawyer Directory Lawyer Marketing Table of Contents LATEST SUMMARIES Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility • Banning Ranch Conservancy v. Superior Court Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing • People v. Sanchez Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing • People v. Yarbrough Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate • Iversen v. Cal. Village Homeowners Assn. Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies • Leung v. Verdugo Hills Hosp. View FindLaw's new Case Summary Blog for California Case Law. FindLaw's case summaries are copyrighted material and are not intended for republication without prior approval. You may, however, freely redistribute this e-mail in its entirety. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. SPONSOR LATEST SUMMARIES Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility Banning Ranch Conservancy v. Superior Court, No. G044223 In a petition for a writ of mandate, trial court order of disqualification is vacated because an open-ended retainer agreements of themselves do not create a current attorney-client relationship. Read more... Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing People v. Sanchez, No. H035075 Conviction and sentencing of defendant for carrying a concealed firearm, PC section 12025 (a)(1), is reversed where trial court prejudicially erred in admitting into evidence a certificate stating that there was no record that defendant was the registered owner of any firearm. Read more... SPONSOR Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing People v. Yarbrough, No. B222399 Conviction and sentence of defendant for burglary is reversed because an unenclosed balcony is not part of a building for purposes of the state burglary statute. Read more... Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate Iversen v. Cal. Village Homeowners Assn., No. B220863 In an action for premises liability arising out of injuries sustained by plaintiff from a fall on premises owned by defendant, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed because Cal-OSHA regulations do not apply to independent contractors and plaintiff cannot use those provisions to establish a negligence per se or negligence cause of action. Read more... Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies Leung v. Verdugo Hills Hosp., No. B204908 In a tort action for the wrongful death of a new-born, judgment against the defendant holding it jointly and severally liable is affirmed in part and reversed in part because common law release rule, not CCP sections 877 and 877.6, applied as a release of the joint and several liability of the defendant. Read more... SPONSOR Feedback We value your comments! Please take a moment to tell us what you think by sending us an e-mail. Subscription Information Click here to subscribe to a FindLaw Newsletter. To unsubscribe, click here. Advertising Information For more information about advertising in FindLaw Newsletters, click here. 800 W. California Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

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