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Three review grants, including one to resolve an issue that’s a law school staple

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A partially divided Fourth District, Division One, Court of Appeal, published opinion reversed the dismissal on demurrer of a mother’s action for the distress she suffered when speaking on the phone with her daughter as the daughter was involved in a car crash allegedly caused by the defendants’ negligence.

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

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The Second District, Division Eight, published opinion reversed the sustaining of a demurrer and a summary judgment grant. Michael Jackson. The court also denied review in Safechuck v. MJJ Productions, Inc. ” Based on Brown v.

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Review granted in wages case

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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.