Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Daily Opinion Summaries for California Appellate Districts - 04/18/2011

FindLaw logo

Daily Opinion Summaries
California Appellate Districts

April 18, 2011 FindLaw.com Daily Opinion Summaries Newsletter

Table of Contents

LATEST SUMMARIES

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture v. Schneickert

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Juvenile Law
In re Christopher F.

Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure
Garcia v. Becker Bros. Steel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
People v. Placencia

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

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture v. Schneickert, No. B223433
In a dispute arising from the enforcement of an arbitral award stemming from certain defamatory statements by defendant, judgment of the trial court is affirmed as modified because although arbitrator was empowered to compel a limited retraction of defamatory statements, he exceeded his powers by inserting specific language, including an apology, in a letter of retraction, and where language may be stricken without affecting the merits of the award. Read more...

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Juvenile Law
In re Christopher F., No. B220546
In a dispute arising from allegations that juvenile defendant criminally threatened his high school dean, judgment of the juvenile court that defendant was mentally competent, and order declaring defendant a ward of the state and ordering him home on probation is affirmed where failure to appoint Regional Center Director to assist in competency determination was not reversible error and substantial evidence support finding of competence. Read more...





Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure
Garcia v. Becker Bros. Steel, No. B221096
In an injury and tort action alleging negligence and strict liability based on a workplace injury suffered by plaintiff while using a slitter line machine thirty-one years after the machine was placed in the stream of commerce and following two subsequent sales of it, summary judgment in favor of defendant-manufacturer is affirmed where defendant owed plaintiff no duty. Read more...

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
People v. Placencia, No. B224758
Appeal by defendant of trial court judgment denying his motion to vacate following a plea of nolo contendere to possession or control of child pornography, Pen. Code section 311.11, subd. (a), on the grounds that the trial court failed to properly inform him of the immigration consequence of his plea is dismissed as an improper attack on the validity of a plea because defendant failed to obtain a certificate of probable cause. Read more...

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


You are currently subscribed to calapp-caselaw as: ideola09.petra@blogger.com .
To manage your newsletter accounts go to: http://newsletters.findlaw.com/sub/review-account.jsp

No comments: