California law makes it a crime to furnish alcohol to someone under 21 years of age if that minor consumes the alcohol and as a result causes great bodily injury or death to himself or another...
Developments of Interest
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08/20/2010
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08/16/2010
Tverberg v. Fillner Construction, Inc. (2010) 49 Cal.4th 518. An independent contractor was hired by a subcontractor on a construction project and was injured on the job. He...
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08/02/2010
Kleffman v. Vonage Holdings Corp. (2010) 49 Cal.4th 334. This is a case dealing with whether commercial e-mail advertisements which have multiple sender addresses, making them...
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07/26/2010
Generation Skipping Trusts aren’t just for the very wealthy. They are a good way for families to transfer assets from the grandparents’ generation to their grandchildren and...
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07/25/2010
Adolph v. Coastal Auto Sales, Inc. (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1443. In this case the defendant, an automobile seller, filed an action to compel arbitration under a provision in a...
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07/19/2010
Formet v. The Lloyd Termite Control Company (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 595. This case presents an analysis of the extent of the duty of a pest control company. The plaintiff, the...
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07/07/2010
Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. v. Gore (2010) 49 Cal.4th 12. This is a SLAPP case. A manufacturer sued a lawyer, asserting defamation-related claims arising from a newspaper...
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06/21/2010
All One God Faith, Inc. v. Organic Sustainable Industry Standards, Inc. (2010) 183 Cal.App.4th 1186. This is a SLAPP case. A trade association wanted to develop a standard...
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05/14/2010
Alatriste v. Cesar’s Exterior Designs, Inc. (2010) 183 Cal.App.4th 656. This is another in a series of cases which holds that an unlicensed contractor cannot recover from a...
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05/12/2010
The United States Supreme Court recently refused to hear an appeal from a California Supreme Court decision holding that juvenile cases can be used as “strikes” under California’...
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