Former employee requested leave so that she could have provided physical and psychological care to a terminally ill parent while that parent was traveling away from home.

People v. Hiller Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Three May 9, 2023, Opinion Filed A165126 Opinion TUCHER, P. J. —A jury convicted defendant Neil Thomas Hiller of second degree murder and being a felon in possession of...

The mortgagors of property conveyed it to the purchaser subject to the mortgage. After the mortgage became due and was not paid, the mortgagee instituted an action against the mortgagors and the purchaser to foreclose the mortgage. Before judgment in...

Plaintiff farmer entered into a verbal lease with the landowners, whereby plaintiff acquired the right to farm a tract of land. Thereafter, the landowners executed an oil lease on the property, granting the defendant oil well drillers the right to use...

Petitioner insurer sought review of an order of a state's highest court that affirmed a judgment in favor of respondent beneficiary, the wife of its insured, in an action to recover on a life insurance policy. The policy was contracted in another...

Plaintiff doctor filed a complaint for declaratory judgment and a motion for summary judgment seeking to have a restrictive covenant contained in an employment agreement with defendant health center declared unenforceable. The trial court, finding the...

The evidence showed that defendant, while intoxicated and during the course of an altercation, stabbed the victim. The victim was taken to the emergency room of a hospital and operated upon, but he continued to lose large amounts of blood after surgery...

To correct the problem of the duplicate listings, the defendant telephone company changed the plaintiff law firm’s phone number and placed an intercept on the competing firm's original number. The plaintiff law firm filed a complaint for damages...

Defendant was arrested at an airport based on information supplied by an informant. The police immediately took an attache case that defendant had been carrying. The police searched defendant and his attache case and recovered a substantial quantity of...

Warberg Opportunistic Trading Fund, L.P. v GeoResources, Inc. Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department October 22, 2013, Decided; October 22, 2013, Entered 652332/12, 10408 Opinion  [*80]   [**189]  Acosta, J. The primary issue...