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   State Courts - California - April 13 - April 15, 2009

  
In re C.C., B208675, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SEVEN, April 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Welf. & Inst. Code, ? 362.1, subd. (a)(1)(B), did not permit juvenile court to suspend a mother's visitation with her child based on a finding of detriment to the child's overall well-being where there was no evidence in the record the mother presented a threat to the child's physical safety during monitored visitation in a therapeutic setting.

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People v. Lewis, A120636, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOUR, April 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Trial court did not err in upholding the Evid. Code, ? 1040, privilege as to a police surveillance location without making any order or finding adverse to the prosecution under Evid. Code, ? 1042, because the surveillance location was not material; the accuracy of the officer's testimony was sufficiently corroborated by independent evidence.

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Roman v. Superior Court, No. B209855, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SEVEN, April 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Employer was entitled to compel arbitration under Code Civ. Proc., ?? 1281, 1281.2, subd. (b), because an arbitration clause in an employment agreement was not subject to revocation as unconscionable under Civ. Code, ? 1670.5, subd. (a); the use of "I agree" language in a clause expressly covering all disputes created mutual agreement to arbitrate.

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Vidrio v. Hernandez, B207391, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SEVEN, April 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: A trial court erred in imposing monetary sanctions against an insurer because neither Code Civ. Proc., ? 177.5, nor Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.30, nor any other statute or court rule authorized the imposition of sanctions on a nonparty insurer for its purported failure to participate in good faith in a mandatory settlement conference.

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In re Jeremiah G., C058223, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, April 14, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Although a child's mother argued that ICWA notice requirements were triggered when the child's father stated his great grandfather might be of Native American ancestry, the mother's appellate claim of ICWA error lacked merit; there was no information that reasonably would suggest the child had Indian heritage.

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The MEGA Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Superior Court, E045969, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, April 14, 2009, Filed
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Overview: A deceased wife's husband could not recover on a tort claim for fraud on his own behalf based on an insurer's issuance of a health insurance policy to the wife. California law did not recognize a cause of action in the husband with respect to misrepresentations allegedly made by the insurer and or its agent to the wife.

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Alan S. v. Superior Court, G041034, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, April 15, 2009, Filed
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Daily Journal Corp. v. County of Los Angeles, B204630, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION EIGHT, April 15, 2009, Filed
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Overview: County was not committing government waste under Code Civ. Proc., ? 526a, by failing to seek reimbursement for overpayments it allegedly had made under a public contract; the evidence showed that the county had exercised its discretion in determining that it had no claim worth pursuing, and there were no allegations of fraud or collusion.

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General Mills v. Franchise Tax Bd., A120492, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, April 15, 2009, Filed
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Overview: In a case in which a taxpayer that manufactured consumer food products filed claims for tax refunds, the full sales price of the taxpayer's hedging futures sales contracts were gross receipts to be included in the calculation of the sales factor of the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act.

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