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A second no-straight-grants conference

At the Lectern

Century-National Insurance Company is a grant-and-hold for Another Planet Entertainment v. In Shusha , the Second District, Division Seven, Court of Appeal published opinion held a restaurant’s “allegations that contamination by the COVID-19 virus physically altered its restaurant premises were sufficient to withstand demurrer.”

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Review granted in wages case

At the Lectern

which said the superior court correctly sustained an insurance carrier’s demurrer, but for the wrong reason, and also held the insured was entitled to amend its complaint to show its claim came within its policy’s “communicable disease event” coverage. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. Vigilant Insurance Company.

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Gang enhancements, union protections, racially biased prosecutions, the Second Amendment, Michael Jackson, and more at the Supreme Court’s conference

At the Lectern

The Second District, Division Eight, published opinion reversed the sustaining of a demurrer and a summary judgment grant. MJJ Productions, Inc. ” Based on Brown v.