Appellate Reports

Gaines v. Fidelity National Title Insurance makes avoiding dismissal under the 5-year rule more difficult and analyzes the rules about which periods during a lawsuit are excluded

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2016 April

Appellate Reports

Flores v. Presbyterian − Negligent use/maintenance of certain medical equipment is subject to MICRA limitations

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2016 June

Appellate Reports

Barickman v. Mercury Cas. Co. — Court rejects the insurer’s argument that it acted in good faith as a matter of law by making an early tender of policy limits

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2016 October

Appellate Reports

Kesner v. Superior Court — The most comprehensive discussion of the analysis of legal duty in negligence law, specifically as regards asbestos but applicable to all negligence claims where duty is an issue

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017 January

Appellate Reports

Okafor v. United States of America – Holds that a lawyer’s reliance on FedEx to timely deliver a document constitutes “routine negligence”

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017 March

Appellate Reports

McGill v. Citibank, NA — Allows an individual plaintiff to seek a public injunction under the UCL and FAL – relief whose primary purpose is to benefit the public generally – without the need to pursue the claim as a class action

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017 May

Appellate Reports

Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo — The U.S Supreme Court allows statistical evidence to fill evidentiary gaps in class actions

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2016 May

Appellate Reports

Ramos v. Brenntag Specialties, Inc. narrows the availability of the component parts doctrine in products-liability cases

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2016 August

Appellate Reports

Nickerson v. Stonebridge Ins. Co. — Affirms a punitive-damage award that is 10 times the amount of compensatory damages; holds that insurer’s claims handling was highly reprehensible

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2016 December

Appellate Reports

Cal Supreme Court rules in Augustus v. ABM that the Brinker standard applies to rest breaks and that “on call” rest breaks are not compliant with the law

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017 February

Appellate Reports

Claim against public entity is barred where the plaintiff failed to file a timely late-claim petition after his initial claim was deemed denied

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017 April

Appellate Reports

Employment and anti-SLAPP: A decision to deny tenure rested on communications made in the course of that decision, an official proceeding, and was protected activity for purposes of anti-SLAPP

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017-June