California Case Summaries™
Know the Law. Win More Cases.
Publisher: Monty A. McIntyre, Esq.
California Case Summaries™ is the fast and easy way to always know the new civil cases in your practice areas to get a competitive advantage and win more cases. By consistently reading new published cases, civil attorneys will significantly improve their legal knowledge, skills and overall effectiveness as advocates.
Every year California courts publish about 500 new civil cases, and many of them significantly change the law! You could spend tons of time (and lose lots of billable hours) each month trying to keep up with the new cases.
Or, you can quickly and easily keep up with the new cases with California Case Summaries™ which provides unique one-paragraph summaries, organized by legal topic, of every new civil case published by California courts. Subscribers get monthly issues with Westlaw case citations, quarterly issues with the official case citations, and an annual issue in early January each year with the official case citations. Individual Attorney and Law Firm Unlimited Multi-user (substantially discounted compared to buying individual subscriptions for every attorney in the firm) subscriptions are available. You can subscribe in two ways:
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1. When an individual attorney conducts a private half-day or full-day mediation (San Diego Superior Court mediations are excluded from this offer) with Monty McIntyre during a calendar year (January 1 to December 31), the attorney will get a free 1-year Individual Attorney subscription (an annual value of $2,385).
2. When attorneys from a law firm conduct four private half-day or full-day mediations with Monty McIntyre (San Diego Superior Court mediations are excluded from this offer) during a calendar year (January 1 to December 31), the law firm will get a free 1-year Law Firm Unlimited Multiuser subscription (an annual value of $7,800).
To schedule a mediation, contact Monty's case managers at ADR Services: Rachael Boughan, [email protected], (619) 233-1323, or Haward Cho, [email protected], (213) 683-1600.
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Free New Sample Case Summary
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
Does CCP § 437.5's two-year time limit apply to CCP § 473(d) motions to vacate a judgment that is void?
Civil Procedure
California Capital Insurance Company v. Hoehn (2024) _Cal. 5th_, 2024 WL 4812045: The California Supreme Court overruled the rule in Rogers v. Silverman (1989) 216 Cal.App.3d 1114 (Rogers) and its progeny that Code of Civil Procedure section 437.5's two-year time limit applies to Code of Civil Procedure section 473(d) motions to vacate a judgment that is void, stating that procedural hurdles that are unnecessary to the fair adjudication of default judgments should not stand in the way of the vindication of a defendant's due process rights. In the underlying case plaintiff attempted to serve defendant in 2010 and allegedly obtained substituted service on defendant's girlfriend. In 2011 plaintiff obtained a default judgment of $486,528 against defendant. In 2018 plaintiff assigned the default judgment rights, and in 2020 after the judgment creditor tried to garnish defendant's wages. Defendant then filed his motion to set aside the default judgment which the trial court denied based upon Rogers, and the Court of Appeal affirmed. (November 18, 2024.)
How California Case Summaries™ Will Help You
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Monty A. McIntyre, the publisher of California Case Summaries™, serves as a mediator, arbitrator and referee with ADR Services, Inc. handling matters throughout California. To schedule a matter with him contact one his case managers:
Haward Cho, [email protected],
Rachael Boughan, [email protected]
Phone: (619) 233-1323.
Free 1-Year Individual Attorney Subscription:
Each year (January 1 to December 31), once an attorney has conducted one half-day or full-day private mediation with Monty A. McIntyre (San Diego Superior Court mediations are excluded from this offer), the attorney will get a free 1-year individual attorney subscription (a $2,385 annual value) to California Case Summaries™. This subscription will make it easy to always know the new civil case law in your practice areas and get a competitive advantage to win more cases. What you’ll get: searchable one-paragraph Word case summaries, organized by legal topic, of every new civil case published by California courts in monthly issues with Westlaw case citations, quarterly issues with the official case citations, and an annual issue in early January each year with the official case citations.
Free 1-Year Law Firm Unlimited Multiuser Subscription:
This subscription allows law firms to send copies of the monthly, quarterly and annual case summaries to every attorney and paralegal in the firm.
Each year (January 1 to December 31), once a law firm has conducted four half-day or full-day private mediations with Monty A. McIntyre (San Diego Superior Court mediations are excluded from this offer), the law firm will get a free 1-year law firm unlimited multi-user subscription (a $7,000 annual value) to California Case Summaries™.
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We offer a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee. If you don't like California Case Summaries™, for any reason, just let us know within 30 days and we'll refund your money, no questions asked.
Best Subscription Value: Individual Subscriptions including Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Summaries.
MONTHLY
$199
PER MONTH
Includes:
- Monthly one-paragraph case summaries, organized by legal topic, with the Westlaw citations.
- Quarterly summaries with the official case citations.
- Annual case summary issue in early January each year with the official case citations.
- 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
ANNUAL
$1,999
ANNUALLY (SAVE $389!)
Includes:
- Monthly one-paragraph case summaries, organized by legal topic, with the Westlaw citations.
- Quarterly summaries with the official case citations.
- Annual case summary issue in early January each year with the official case citations.
- 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
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Pick the case summary edition that's best for you.
Monthly
$150
Per Month
- Monthly one-paragraph case summaries, organized by legal topic, with the Westlaw citations.
- 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
Quarterly
$450
Per Quarter
- Quarterly one-paragraph summaries, organized by legal topic, with the official case citations.
- 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
Annual
$1,800
Per Year
- Annual one-paragraph case summaries released in early January each year, organized by legal topic, with the official case citations.
- 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
Law Firm Unlimited Multi-User Subscriptions
We also offer discounted case summary options to law firms so they can distribute case summaries to every lawyer and paralegal in the firm at a substantial savings compared to buying individual subscriptions. For pricing, contact Monty McIntyre at [email protected] or (619) 990-4312.
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About the Publisher
Monty A. McIntyre, Esq.
- CA Civil trial lawyer since 1980
- ABOTA member since 1995.
Over 100 civil trials. - Mediator, Arbitrator & Referee at ADR Services, (619) 233-1323. Case managers: Haward Cho,
[email protected],
Rachael Boughan, [email protected]. Matters handled: Business, Employment, Insurance, Probate, Real Property & Tort cases. - Podcast Host of Trial Alchemy™. Interviews of outstanding ABOTA plaintiff and defense civil trial lawyers about civil jury trials.
- Trial Mentoring™: Trial training and preparation.
- Publisher of California Case Summaries™.
- Past president: San Diego County Bar Assn.
- Past president: SD ABOTA Chapter
- Two Outstanding Trial Lawyer Awards
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America Since 2012
- AV Preeminent Rating: Martindale-Hubbell
- Email: [email protected]
"Your summaries are great because they get to the point. You know your audience. I don’t want to read a whole bunch of shit. Just get me to the point. "
Rob Gibson, Esq.
Partner at Gibson & Hughes, Member of the Executive Board of the Orange County ABOTA Chapter
"For California civil practitioners having trouble keeping up on the latest cases, California Case Summaries™ is must reading. Monty has a great command of the law and is able to summarize these cases succinctly and clearly. Monty is San Diego's Bernie Witkin. "
Jeff Joseph, Esq.
Mediator at Judicate West. Former Associate Dean and General Counsel at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Former Trial and Supervising Counsel at CalTrans.
"I really appreciate the case summaries. Saves me time and makes me look smart. A double bonus. "
Dominique A. Pollara, Esq.
Founder of Pollara Law Group, Sacramento California. 2014 President of Sacramento ABOTA
"California Case Summaries™ is an indispensable tool for lawyers in every specialty and practice area. Monty's case summaries are concise explanations that puts each opinion in context."
