2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Litigation, Real Estate Law
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November 2, 2026
The court affirmed the merits judgment but reversed the costs order and provisionally reversed the attorney-fee order with directions.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
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October 30, 2026
The Second District held that Sheriff’s Department chiefs lacked authority to bind Los Angeles County to settlements of deputies’ civil-service discipline appeals.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Insurance Law, Personal Injury & Tort
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October 29, 2026
The Second District affirmed. California Vehicle Code sections 17150 and 17151 ordinarily impose limited vicarious liability on an owner who permits another person to operate a vehicle. But the Graves Amendment expressly prevents states from imposing liability on a rental or leas
2nd District Court of Appeal, Banking & Finance, Estate Planning, Probate and Tax Law, Personal Injury & Tort
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October 29, 2026
The Second District reversed most of the judgment. Once a claim is timely under California’s delayed-discovery rule, the limitations period ordinarily determines whether the action may proceed; it does not automatically erase damages from earlier conduct that forms part of the ti
2nd District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law
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October 27, 2026
People v. Bray: trial courts need an applicable sentencing-law change to recall a sentence.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Business Transactions, Labor & Employment Law
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October 26, 2026
The Second District affirmed and held that FEHA does not alter the common-law presumption of corporate separateness. FEHA contains no provision addressing alter ego liability or judgment enforcement, much less the clear and unequivocal statement courts expect before concluding that legislation displaced a settled common-law rule. The direction to construe FEHA liberally and provide effective remedies was not enough to create a new presumption.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law
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October 26, 2026
The Second District affirmed. A defendant is statutorily entitled to make a suppression motion at the preliminary hearing, and that motion is part of the hearing that section 859b requires to occur within its specified time. The prosecution could not preserve the complaint by separating the evidentiary issue from the preliminary hearing and postponing it beyond the deadline over the defendant’s objection.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
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October 22, 2026
The Second District affirmed denial of arbitration. The Legislature added the FAA language in an attempt to avoid federal preemption; it protects only agreements that are actually enforceable under the federal statute. When the FAA does not apply, ordinary California contract principles remain in force, including the rule that courts will not enforce a contract that was illegal to form. A section 432.6 violation can therefore make a non-FAA arbitration agreement unenforceable.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
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October 22, 2026
The Second District reversed and ordered suppression. An inventory search must be tied to a legitimate caretaking purpose, such as protecting property, protecting police from claims, or removing a vehicle that threatens traffic or public safety. It cannot be used as a substitute for probable cause when officers hope to find evidence. The prosecution bears the burden of proving the exception.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation
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October 20, 2026
The Court of Appeal held that prosecutors forfeited their objection to a renewed Romero motion and upheld dismissal of a prior strike.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation
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October 19, 2026
The Second District held that a juvenile’s assault offense was not expressly within the statutory list barring dismissal and record sealing after probation.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
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October 16, 2026
The Second District held that POBRA did not govern an officer’s termination for failing to meet a generally applicable vaccination qualification.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Family Law
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October 15, 2026
The Second District dismissed an appeal from a temporary-support ruling because the trial court retained power to revise the award retroactively.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Labor & Employment Law
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October 13, 2026
The trial court concluded there was no triable issue of material fact as to whether UCLA followed the procedure set forth in section 12952, subdivision (c)(1)(A), which requires an employer to make an 'individualized assessment' of whether the applicant's conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job that justify denying the applicant the position.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law
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October 13, 2026
The trial court’s dismissal of a prior strike allegation and acceptance of a defendant’s guilty plea following an indicated sentence is subject to a motion to disqualify under section 170.6.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Administrative Law, Healthcare Law
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October 9, 2026
This decision establishes a binding precedent in California that the Department of Health Care Services cannot recover capitation payments from Medi-Cal recipients' estates to the extent those payments exceed the actual cost of health care services received by the recipient.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Litigation
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October 8, 2026
The Court of Appeal reversed and directed the trial court to strike the doxing claim.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
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October 7, 2026
The Second District held that unpaid leave reasonably accommodated a teacher's religious objection to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate where in-person work posed an undue hardship.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
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October 5, 2026
Chin v. DoorDash: Employee Waived EFAA Protection by Withholding Known Harassment Claim.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
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October 5, 2026
Doe v. Wells Fargo: Employer Strict Liability Requires the Harasser to Supervise the Victim.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law
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October 2, 2026
A published California decision holds that an off-duty deputy retained peace-officer authority, making a felony-murder defendant ineligible for section 1172.6 resentencing.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Insurance Law, Litigation
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October 1, 2026
The Second District Court of Appeal holds an insurer may rescind a policy for an applicant's concealment of a material fact even if the insurer's application never asked about it — and that a manager's knowledge of his own embezzlement can be imputed to the company he managed.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Administrative Law, Litigation, Personal Injury & Tort
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September 24, 2026
A California Court of Appeal held that design immunity may cover the adequacy of warnings included in an approved and reasonable public-infrastructure design.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
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September 24, 2026
A California Court of Appeal held that a juvenile’s 46-year-eight-month-to-life sentence was not life without parole and did not qualify for Penal Code section 1170 resentencing.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Construction Law, Insurance Law, Real Estate Law
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September 23, 2026
The Second District held that an unfinished retaining wall was inadequate construction and the efficient proximate cause of storm damage, defeating homeowners coverage.