California Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of California or Court of Appeals of California where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Hyland v. Hughes Aircraft Company - 2/26/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Macchi v. Jackson - 2/26/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Suzuki v. Lilly - 2/25/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Aviel v. Sorgen - 2/22/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Wong v. Hunt - 2/21/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Keenan v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County - 2/21/2002
Ct.App. 2/1 B128379
We confront a claim that California's "Son of Sam law" facially violates constitutional protections of speech by appropriating, as compensation for crime victims, all monies due to a convicted felon from...
Rubin v. United Air Lines - 2/20/2002
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
An airline passenger brought suit against an airline and others after Los Angeles Police Department officers removed her from a commercial flight about to depart for Hawaii. Her suit alleged causes of...
Trujillo v. Wilcoxen - 2/20/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
Hirsh v. Truck Insurance Exchange - 2/20/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Gray v. Tri-City Medical Center - 2/20/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Hines v. Thyssen Elevator Corp. - 2/20/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
BTS - 2/19/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Brumfield v. Richardson - 2/19/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
White v. Department of Transportation - 2/15/2002
Plaintiffs and appellants Eliena White, Patrick White, Barbara White, David White, Paula Horry, Melanie Bierlein, Justin Bierlein, Graham Bierlein, Randall Bierlein, a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Melanie Bierlein...
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. v. Whirlpool Corp. - 2/15/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Carr v. Wackenhut Corrections Corp. - 2/13/2002
George C. Carr was 60 years old when he was sent to prison in 1992 for bank robbery. He served time in several different facilities before he was finally transferred in 1997 to the Taft Correctional Institution (TCI) in Kern County....
Ledesma v. State - 2/13/2002
The State of California appeals from a judgment against it in a wrongful death action prosecuted on a theory of dangerous condition of public property. Finding no error, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In...
Cumings v. Westport - 2/13/2002
James Cummings filed an action in state court seeking to recover damages from Westport Insurance Company after he obtained a judgment against his former attorney Michael Waxman for malpractice. Waxman did not plead a state law count of...
Anaya v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County - 2/13/2002
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
Eleven-year-old Norma Vides, a passenger in a car driven by Pedro Anaya, was seriously injured when Anaya's car collided with a sanitation truck owned by the City of Los Angeles. A helicopter owned by...
Hashimoto v. Republic Insurance Company - 2/13/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Mittelman v. Testman - 2/7/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Kalaba v. Gray - 2/7/2002
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
Although a designation of retained experts must be accompanied by the "expert witness declaration" described in Code of Civil Procedure section 2034, subdivision (f), no expert declaration is required...
Home Insurance Co. v. Zurich Insurance Co. - 2/7/2002
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
Home Insurance Company appeals from a judgment of dismissal in favor of Zurich Insurance Company after a demurrer to its first amended complaint for fraud, declaratory relief, and subrogation or...
Original Joe's - 2/7/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Watson v. Financial Pacific Insurance Co. - 2/6/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Sands v. Albert - 2/6/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
London Market Insurers v. Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco - 2/6/2002
As modified March 6, 2002. There is no change in the judgment. The petition for rehearing is denied.
LONDON MARKET INSURERS, PETITIONERS, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, RESPONDENT; KAISER ALUMINUM...
Listman v. Listman - 2/5/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Sumalpong v. A.C. Fire Protection Co. - 2/5/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
Temkin v. Kaplan - 2/5/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
Singh v. Takhar - 2/4/2002
Defendants and appellants Balraj Singh Takhar, Daljeet Kaur, and Gurvinder Singh Takhar (collectively appellants) appeal from a judgment entered on special verdict in favor of plaintiff and respondent Birinder Singh (Birinder) on her...
People v. Trevathan - 2/4/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Hartwell Corp. v. Superior Court of Ventura County - 2/4/2002
Plaintiffs, residents of the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California, filed lawsuits in superior court, alleging, inter alia, that certain water companies provided them unsafe drinking water causing death, personal injury, and...
Fisher v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust - 2/4/2002
In this case, the widow of a man burned to death by hot oil expelled by a voltage regulator brought a products liability claim against the manufacturer of the regulator and the purported successor in interest of the manufacturer. On...
Vohra v. Regents of the University of California - 2/4/2002
Deepak Vohra appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the Regents of the University of California and Dr. Jeffrey Milliken in his wrongful death action. Finding none of his arguments have merit, we affirm.
I. ...
Goodstein v. Doctors' Company - 1/31/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
Green v. Southern California Edison Co. - 1/31/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Mellor v. Schuler - 1/30/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
Patton v. Strabala - 1/30/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Schwartzberg v. Warmington Homes California - 1/30/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
C&G;Contractors - 1/30/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
The only issue presented in this appeal is whether appellant, having accepted an offer to compromise pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998, may recover statutory attorney fees as...
Scottsdale Insurance Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh - 1/30/2002
Ordered not published May 1, 2002.
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS
APPEAL from the Superior...
Vacaville Quail Run v. Gable Plastics - 1/30/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Salerno v. Tudor - 1/30/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Herships v. Mannington Mills - 1/30/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
McCall v. Nicholas - 1/30/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Ford v. Pedersen - 1/29/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Gilbert v. City of Salinas - 1/29/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Meyer v. Brubaker - 1/29/2002
As modified February 25, 2002. There is no change in the judgment. Petition for rehearing denied.
STEVEN MEYER, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. GARY BRUBAKER ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS.
Appeal from a judgment of the...
Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of Adams v. Butler - 1/29/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Stevenson v. Veterans Cab Company - 1/28/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
San Diego Housing Commission v. Industrial Indemnity Co. - 1/28/2002
CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION
This case requires us to determine the rights of a judgment creditor of an insured, in an action against an insurer seeking insurance policy proceeds under Insurance Code section 11580,...
Martinez v. Jasperson - 1/28/2002
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Stapper v. GMI Holdings - 12/31/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Smith v. Bayer Corp. - 12/28/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Stolar v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group - 12/28/2001
Plaintiff Marc Stolar (Stolar) appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendants Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser), Joanne Witkowski (Witkowski), Barbara Gilkerson (Gilkerson), Valerie Rausch, and Michael...
Binkley v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. - 12/28/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
Morris v. 2212 Cahuenga Ltd. - 12/28/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Pedus Security Services - 12/28/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Blankenbaker v. State - 12/28/2001
Summary judgment was entered against the plaintiffs, from which they appealed. Much later, costs were awarded against them, from which they separately appealed. In a prior opinion regarding the first appeal, we reversed the judgment,...
Ahmed v. Coca Cola Bottling Company - 12/27/2001
Plaintiff and appellant, Viquar Ahmed (appellant), appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants and respondents Coca-Cola Bottling Company of California and one of its delivery truck drivers, Don Rimke, (collectively referred to as...
Hameid v. National Fire Insurance Of Hartford - 12/27/2001
As modified January 17, 2002. No change in judgment.
MOHAMMED A. HAMEID, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE OF HARTFORD, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange...
Jackson v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. - 12/26/2001
As modified January 7, 2002. Second modification January 24, 2002. No change in judgment.
JOSHUA JACKSON, A MINOR, ETC., PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.
Trial...
Kapusi v. Freeman - 12/24/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Figueroa v. CNA/Continental Casualty Company Insurance - 12/21/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Guardian North Bay - 12/21/2001
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
I. INTRODUCTION
In these original proceedings, we consider an issue of first impression arising from elder abuse litigation: whether the statute of limitations applicable to a civil action for...
Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies v. Atlantic Richfield Company - 12/21/2001
This case concerns the extent of insurance coverage provided under an "additional insured" endorsement to a commercial general liability policy. The trial court held the policy covers the additional insured for the factual...
Martinez v. County of Los Angeles - 12/21/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Morris v. Blank - 12/20/2001
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Crystal Lynn Morris appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant Michelle Ann Blank. We reverse the judgment.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff...
Thomas v. Scpie Indemnity Company - 12/20/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
Olick v. Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Co. - 12/20/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Rothman v. Butterfield Estates Homeowners' Association - 12/19/2001
Plaintiff Larry Rothman, an attorney, appeals judgment entered in favor of his former client, defendant Butterfield Estates Homeowners' Association. During a bench trial, in which plaintiff sought to recover $89,739.98 in attorney's...
Gonzales v. Schultz - 12/19/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
Huber v. Frank's Welding Services - 12/19/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Kafati v. Metherell - 12/18/2001
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
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