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Labor Code and PAGA Wage and Hour Claims Against Public Entities

The California Labor Code, including PAGA, allows employees to bring wage and hour claims against their employers. But what if the employer is a public entity? Last month, the First District Court of Appeal published the case of Stone v. Alameda Health System (2023) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2023 WL 1508276 addressing this issue. Subscribers to my publication California Case Summaries™ only need to read my one-paragraph summary of this new case to know what they decided. 

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Cross-Examination by a Workplace Restraining Order Defendant

When an employer seeks a workplace restraining order, does the defendant have a right to cross-examine witnesses? Last month,...

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Civil Procedure and Employment

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing can file an action on behalf of an employee. Last month, the Sixth District Court of Appeal published a decision...

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Employment

New California cases are constantly...

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 Employment

Actions under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA; Labor Code, section 2698) are regularly addressed in the new published civil cases. Last month, the Second District Court of Appeal published a new decision addressing whether a party bringing a PAGA claim is entitled to a jury trial. In the video above I briefly discuss this new case. Below is my summary of this new case.

New Employment Decision 

LaFace v. Ralphs Grocery Co. (2022) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2022 WL 498847:...

California Case Summaries Monthly™
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Below is a free sample of a new case summary from the newly published issue of California Case Summaries Monthly™, with summaries of the 32 new California civil and family law cases published in November of 2021.

California Courts of Appeal

Torts

Doe v. Lawndale Elementary School Dist. (2021) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2021 WL 5578329: The Court of Appeal reversed in part, and affirmed in part, the trial court’s order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment in an action for sexual assault of a minor student by a music teacher. The Court of Appeal concluded that school administrators have a duty to protect students from sexual abuse by school employees, even if the school does not have actual knowledge of a particular employee’s history of committing, or propensity to commit, such abuse. Therefore, it reversed the trial court’s order...

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California Case Summaries Annual 2020™ was published in early January 2021 with our short summaries (one paragraph), organized by legal topic, of the 540 new civil and family law cases published by California courts in 2020. To subscribe, click here.

We published California Case Summaries Quarterly 2020 Q4™ in early January 2021 with our summaries of every new civil and family law case published by California courts in 2020 Q4. To subscribe, 
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In early February, 2021, we published California Case Summaries Monthly™ with our summaries of every new civil and family law case published by California courts in January 2021. To subscribe, 
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