Litigation Tip: Don't Demurrer!
The beginning of a new year is a great time to review law practice fundamentals.
In the video tip above I explain why, most of the time, filing a demurrer doesn't help either your case or your client's pocketbook.
California Case Summaries™
Know More. Win More.
A great way to start the new year is to get the annual case summary edition of California Case Summaries™ to know every important new case published last year in your practice areas.
California civil lawyers can win more cases when they always know the new case law in their practice areas. California Case Summaries™ makes this easy by providing one-paragraph summaries, organized by legal topic, of every new published CA civil case. Subscribers can get monthly case summaries, quarterly case summaries, annual case summaries, or all three. Individual Attorney subscriptions and Law Firm Unlimited Multi-user subscriptions are available. To pick the subscription...
New Arbitration Decision
- Are You Too Busy To Keep Up With the New CA Civil Case Law?
- Do You Need to Know the Important New Civil Case Decisions in Your Practice Areas?
Arbitration
Arbitration, and whether it can be compelled, is constantly addressed in the new published case law. Last month, the Fifth District Court of Appeal published a new decision addressing this issue. In the video above I briefly discuss this new case. Below is my summary of this new case.
New Arbitration Decision
Eminence Healthcare, Inc. v. Centuri Health Ventures, LLC (2022) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2022 WL 321011: The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's order partially denying...
New Case Discussing Settlements
Below is a free sample of a new case summary from the newly published issue of my publication California Case Summaries Monthly™, with summaries of the 48 new California civil and family law cases published in December of 2021.
California Courts of Appeal
Settlement
CSAA Insurance Exchange v. Hodroj (2021) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2021 WL 5631492: The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's order granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in an action by plaintiff carrier against defendant for breaching his agreement to settle a personal injury claim for the policy limit of $100,000. When parties agree on the material terms of a contract with the intention to later reduce it to a formal writing, failure to complete the formal writing does not negate the existence of the initial contract. The Court of Appeal concluded that the communications between defendant's lawyer and plaintiff reflected a settlement which would be later memorialized in...