Appellate Reports

Cal Supreme court rules on an employer’s agent’s liability in FEHA cases; also, products liability claims based on absence of a safety feature that would have prevented the accident

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2023 October

Appellate Reports

Relief from waiver of jury trial; also Labor Code and pay stubs, hotels and premises liability

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2024 June

Appellate Report

U.S. Supreme Court holds that Iskanian’s rule that PAGA actions cannot be divided into individual and non-individual claims is preempted by the FAA

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2022 July

Appellate Report

Conditional acceptance of a 998 offer invalidates the offer as to prejudgment interest

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2022 November

Appellate Report

Aggregated statutory damages “so severe and oppressive” held to violate due process

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2023 February

Appellate Report

Warning labels on generic drugs; also, refusal to pay arbitration fees, and HOAs suing for construction defects

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2023 April

Appellate Reports

Legal malpractice complaints and the statute of limitations; also, WC as exclusive remedy for school volunteers

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2023 November

Appellate Reports

Medical-expense damages and the collateral-source rule/Medicare; also, handwritten vs. electronic signatures on arbitration agreements, and scam ads on Facebook, binding arbitration agreements and wrongful-death heirs

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2024 July

Appellate Report

Courts look at expert concessions on causation; also personal jurisdiction

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2022 August

Appellate Report

Court refines the trivial defect doctrine, rejects strict tape measure approach to determine whether a sidewalk defect is trivial. Also, 998 offers and peremptory challenges

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2022 December

Appellate Report

Limits on trial court’s ability to impose sanctions for misuse of discovery

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2023 March

Appellate Briefs

Contractors hired by DOD and removal of their complaints to federal court. Also, premises liability and the negligent undertaking theory; and, reduction of attorney fees based on incivility of counsel

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2024 January