Second District affirms summary judgment for freight broker XPO Logistics in a personal-injury suit by an injured trucker employed by the carrier XPO had hired, holding the broker did not actually exercise control over the transportation and thus owed no duty of care to the carrier’s employee.
Third District affirms mandatory dismissal under Code of Civil Procedure section 583.310, holding that a defendant’s failure to object when a trial date is set beyond the five-year (plus emergency-rule six-month) deadline does not amount to an oral stipulation to extend the deadline.
The court denied a detainee plaintiff’s motion to proceed without paying the filing fee under the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s three-strikes rule and dismissed the complaint, citing more than 600 prior civil filings nationwide and dozens of prior dismissals for frivolousness or failure
Central District of California affirms a bankruptcy court order dismissing a state-court quiet-title suit against a Chapter 7 trustee, holding the trustee was entitled to quasi-judicial immunity for acts approved by the bankruptcy court — even though the Barton doctrine evaporated once the case was
Central District of California remands a Song-Beverly lemon-law suit as untimely removed, holding that a complaint pleading the vehicle’s purchase price and a demand for a civil penalty equal to twice actual damages plainly shows over $75,000 in controversy and starts the 30-day clock at service.
Central District of California remands a Chevrolet Silverado lemon-law suit as untimely removed, holding that the plaintiff’s initial disclosures — including the sales contract and repair orders — were an “other paper” that started the 30-day clock long before the manufacturer removed.
First District reverses dismissal of a Brown Act suit, holding that plaintiffs adequately alleged the Berkeley City Council violated Government Code section 54957.9 by recessing disrupted meetings and reconvening them in a smaller room instead of clearing the original room and continuing in session
The court dismissed financial-elder-abuse and Electronic Funds Transfer Act claims by a Social Security beneficiary against Comerica Bank and the operator of the Direct Express debit-card program after $6,815 in fraudulent transactions, ruling that the complaint did not allege the bank had actual kn
Magistrate Judge Illman grants the County of Del Norte’s motion to dismiss claims arising from a 2022 vehicular accident on a Del Norte road, holding that plaintiffs failed to comply with California Government Claims Act presentation requirements before suing the County and that estoppel does not ex
Judge Lin dismisses Psynergy Enterprise Developments LLC’s suit against Italian Arabian-horse training center Capecci Arabian Training Center and its principals for lack of personal jurisdiction, holding that the agreement at issue contains no forum-selection clause and the Italian defendants did no