Procedural Posture

Procedural Posture

Defendant steel company appealed an order of the Superior Court of Fresno County (California), which denied defendant a jury trial in plaintiff general contractor’s action to recover damages after defendant refused to perform on a subcontract for the installation of reinforcing steel in the construction of a waste water treatment plant. Overview Plaintiff solicited bids

Procedural Posture

Procedural Posture

Petitioner developer filed an application for writ of mandate to order respondent Superior Court of Riverside County (California), to vacate its summary adjudication that petitioner’s damages against defendant engineer were limited to an amount stated in the contract between petitioner and defendant. Overview Petitioner developer hired defendant engineer to design a man made lake. The

Reasons to Hire a Professionally Trained Locksmith to Safeguard Your Business

Reasons to Hire a Professionally Trained Locksmith to Safeguard Your Business

Some may have the misconception that locksmiths are solely concerned with automobiles or your houses. However, this is misleading since locksmiths are specialized, particularly in the commercial sectors, to keep you safe at your workplace.  People locking themselves out of their cars are common and are not as worrying as an intrusion of a stranger

Overview

Overview

HOLDINGS: [1]-In a case arising from investors’ investments in oil, gas, and mineral royalty and leasehold interests, the investors adequately alleged that they invested money, there was a common enterprise, and they had no control over the operations on the subject properties, so they adequately alleged the existence of a security for federal and state

Procedural Posture

Procedural Posture

Plaintiffs, package pick-up and delivery drivers, filed a class action in state court against defendants, including a delivery service, alleging violations of the California Labor Code and the California Business and Professions Code, and asserting claims for intentional and/or negligent misrepresentation. Defendants filed a notice of removal from state court. Plaintiffs filed a motion for

Overview

Overview

HOLDINGS: [1]-In accordance with 29 U.S.C. § 218(a), expressly permitting states to regulate overtime wages, there was no federal law preemption of California law regarding bonus overtime; [2]-California case law that relied on the policy considerations underlying Lab. Code, § 510, to adopt a state agency manual’s formula for calculating bonus overtime in the context