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   State Courts - California - March 5 - March 6, 2008

  
Buller v. Sutter Health, A118541, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, March 5, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Plaintiff, who alleged that defendants' invoices overstated the amount due because defendants had undisclosed policy of discounting balances for privately insured patients who paid promptly, did not state a cause of action under fraud prong of California's UCL. Alleged failure to reveal discount policy was not conduct likely to deceive patients.

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Burks v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., C054374, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, March 5, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Arbitration provision in a membership agreement for a health plan was unenforceable because it was not prominently displayed on the form and therefore did not comply with Health & Saf. Code, ? 1363.1, subd. (b); although it was the only block of text and was placed above the signature line, it was in a plain, small typeface and had no heading.

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Hicks v. KNTV Television, Inc., H030607, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, March 5, 2008, Filed
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Overview: In a race discrimination case under Gov. Code, ? 12940, a White male news anchor failed to produce evidence that the proffered reason for not renewing his contractdissatisfaction with his on-air performancewas a pretext because the employer's failure to communicate that reason to him, standing alone, did not support inference of discrimination.

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People v. Duncan, D050458, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, March 5, 2008, Filed
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Overview: In a drug case, the arresting officer's observation that defendant's license plate was upside down gave the officer a lawful basis under the Fourth Amendment to conduct an investigative stop as to a license plate violation; Veh. Code, ? 5201, required a license plate to be clearly legible, and an upside down license plate was not clearly legible.

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California Back Specialists Medical Group v. Rand, No. B198455, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SIX, March 6, 2008, Filed
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Overview: A complaint that an attorney disbursed proceeds of personal injury settlements without satisfying medical liens or notifying the medical providers was not subject to an anti-SLAPP motion to strike under Code Civ. Proc., ? 425.16, because the complaint, although related to attorney conduct, did not arise from protected speech or petitioning.

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In re Carl N., D050037, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, March 6, 2008, Filed
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