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Supreme Court takes three cases and depublishes three opinions; dissenting votes in four review denials

At the Lectern

where the Second District, Division Five, Court of Appeal, in a published opinion , affirmed almost $170,000 in attorneys fees after a jury awarded less than $22,000 for a violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (commonly known as the “lemon law”) in the sale of a used car. The court granted review in Pulliam v.

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“Corners Were Being Cut”: Baldwin Shooting Already Has The Makings of a Blockbuster Tort Action

JonathanTurley

b) Involuntary—in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. This incident could well prove a violation of a statute or regulation making the act “negligent per se.”

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