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   State Courts - California - February 18 - February 19, 2010

  
DiQuisto v. County of Santa Clara, H032345, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, February 18, 2010, Filed
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McCann v. Foster Wheeler LLC, S162435, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, February 18, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Under a governmental interest analysis, an Oklahoma statute of repose applied to a suit alleging asbestos exposure in Oklahoma because Oklahoma's interest in protecting businesses from liability was stronger than California's interest in affording a remedy to an injured resident; Code Civ. Proc., ? 361, did not compel application of California law.

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McCarther v. Pacific Telesis Group, S164692, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, February 18, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Employers that provided an uncapped compensated sick leave policy were not required to provide kin care leave under Lab. Code, ? 233, because the sick leave that they provided could not be accumulated by an employee and thus did not fall within the definition of sick leave in ? 233, subds. (a), (b)(4), as accrued increments of compensated leave.

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People v. Hernandez, F056015, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, February 18, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's claim that a trial court misinstructed the jury by omitting the mental state element with respect to Pen. Code, ? 12034, subd. (c), was rejected because the necessary intent of the shooter was conveyed through the requirement that the firearm had to have been discharged willfully and maliciously, terms that were defined for the jury.

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Suh v. Superior Court, B219174, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, February 18, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Terms of an arbitration clause in an anesthesiology contract were, because of applicable rules limiting damages remedies, unconscionable, rendering the agreement to arbitrate unenforceable against medical group's anesthesiologists, who sued the hospital and the medical group for age and national origin discrimination.

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Burton v. Superior Court, C062419, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, February 19, 2010, Filed
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Overview: A trial court erred in dismissing petitioner prisoner's Pen. Code, ? 1054.9, request for materials because nothing in the language of ? 1054.9 limited the statute to defendants who were currently represented by counsel.

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