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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
B224034	Fuentes v. AutoZone Inc. Jury’s verdict in favor of plaintiff is supported where plaintiff’s testimony was not inherently improbable and evidence of pervasive sexual harassment existed.	Employment Law			Nov. 17, 2011
B226105	Southern California Gas Co. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District Air quality management district's rule imposing monitoring requirements on natural gas distributor is reasonable because distributor derived gas from liquefied natural gas.	Environmental Law			Nov. 16, 2011
B231019	Robey v. Superior Court (People) Officer electing to seize package with strong odor of marijuana, instead of conducting immediate search, must obtain warrant before opening it.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Nov. 16, 2011
B231779	Khodayari v. Mashburn In legal malpractice action, former criminal defendant must obtain postconviction exoneration and show actual innocence of probation violations resulting from alleged malpractice.	Attorneys			Nov. 16, 2011
A131495	Conservatorship of Cornelius Conservator is entitled to fees and costs associated with temporary conservatorship rendered in good faith and for benefit of conservatee.	Conservatorship			Nov. 16, 2011
E050935	Hoag v. Diedjomahor Court properly grants visitation to grandparent, whose adult child had died, over surviving parent’s objection because reasons for objecting were not credible.	Family Law			Nov. 16, 2011
A131333	Gravelin v. Satterfield Hirers are not liable for independent contractor’s injury where hazard was created by contractor’s own misuse.	Torts			Nov. 16, 2011
10-851	Stovall v. Miller Order				Nov. 15, 2011
11-282	Branch Banking and Trust v. Gordon Order				Nov. 15, 2011
11-305	McEwen v. Thompson Order				Nov. 15, 2011
11-159	Astrue v. Capato Order				Nov. 15, 2011
11-161	Armour v. Indianapolis Order				Nov. 15, 2011
11-393	Nat. Fed'n Indep. Business v. Sebelius, Sec. of H&HS Order				Nov. 15, 2011
11-400	Florida v. Dept. of H&HS Order				Nov. 15, 2011
11-398	Dept. of H&HS v. Florida Order				Nov. 15, 2011
11-400o	Florida v. Dept. of H&HS Order				Nov. 15, 2011
S188128	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Alameda Produce Market LLC Lenders’ withdrawal of portion of deposit in condemnation action constitutes as waiver only for withdrawing party, but not for nonwithdrawing property owner.	Civil Procedure			Nov. 15, 2011
A131301	People v. Nelson Definition of ‘driving’ under Vehicle Code Section 23123 prohibiting telephone use without hands free device includes use while momentarily stopped at traffic light.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Nov. 15, 2011
A126056	Peninsula Guardians Inc. v. Peninsula Health Care District Government entities generally may not use public funds to pay for campaign activities, but may use such funds to make election-related informational materials.	Civil Procedure			Nov. 15, 2011
B224263	Salehi v. Surfside III Condominium Owners’ Association Defendant is entitled to attorney fees incurred in defending voluntarily dismissed claims where dismissal is fault of plaintiff’s poor reasoning.	Civil Procedure			Nov. 15, 2011
F060788	Honchariw v. County of Stanislaus Local agency’s denial of housing development proposal must issue written findings of adverse impact where project complies with general plan and zoning standards.	Government			Nov. 15, 2011
B226767	De Boni Corp. v. Del Norte Water Co. Water company has discretion to allocate water rights that is different from historic water allocation in event of water shortage.	Corporations			Nov. 15, 2011
B228847	Rich v. Thatcher Heightened standard is properly applied to determine whether grandparent has overcome presumption that parent is acting in child’s best interest in denying visitation.	Family Law			Nov. 15, 2011
B231310	Haligowski v. Superior Court (Pantuso) Military and Veterans Code Section 394 allows members of armed forces to hold their employers, but not individual employees, liable for discrimination.	Employment Law			Nov. 14, 2011
B227750	People v. Kingsberry Court properly corrects sentencing error by increasing defendant’s term in prison from four years, which was unauthorized under sentencing triad, to six years.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Nov. 14, 2011
B226324	People v. Hernandez Defendant’s statements to police regarding victim’s consciousness, as well as victim's testimony, constitute substantial evidence supporting conviction for rape of unconscious person.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Nov. 14, 2011
S065467	People v. Mendoza Trial court lacks authority to strike lying-in-wait special circumstance where jury found special circumstance to be true.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Nov. 11, 2011
G044336	Dzwonkowski v. Spinella Motion for attorney fees, which were incurred in arbitration involving dispute over payment of attorney fees, is properly granted despite attorney's 'of counsel' title.	Attorneys			Nov. 11, 2011
D059013	People v. Santana Jury instruction on attempted mayhem, which included 'gunshot wound' as example, improperly focuses on intent to injure, instead of nature of injury.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Nov. 11, 2011
07-99005	Schad v. Ryan District court properly denies ineffective assistance of counsel claim at penalty phase without holding evidentiary hearing to consider additional mitigating evidence.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Nov. 11, 2011