• People v. Farleigh

    Publication Date: 2017-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-06-01
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Richard Allen Baylis for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: Case No. 30-2016-00843760

    Driving with no hands on steering wheel violated Basic Speed Law (Hoffer, J.)

  • David v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2017-07-25
    Practice Area: Evidence | Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-07-25
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lowthorp Richards McMillan Miller & Templeman, John H. Howard; Ferguson Case Orr Paterson, Wendy C. Lascher and John A. Hribar, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet and Curt Cutting; Law Offices of Mark G. Cunningham, Mark G. Cunningham, for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: 2d Civil No. B270133

    Evidence of accident victim's alleged marijuana impairment properly excluded as speculative (Yegan, J.)

  • Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments

    Publication Date: 2017-07-13
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-07-13
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin P. Bundy; Cory J. Briggs Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Rachel B. Hooper, Amy J. Bricker, Erin B. Chalmers; Daniel P. Selmi; Coast Law Group and Marco Gonzalez for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Julie D. Wiley; Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Michael H. Zischke, Andrew B. Sabey, Linda C. Klein; The Sohagi Law Group, Margaret M. Sohagi and Philip A. Seymour for Defendants and Appellants.

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    CEQA did not mandate EIR analysis of transportation plan's consistency with 2005 executive order's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals (Liu, J.)

  • Karczewski v. DCH Mission Valley LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-07-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation | Retail
    Date Filed: 2017-07-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cynthia A. Bashant, District Judge, Presiding Before: Susan P. Graber, Jay S. Bybee, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Clive Handy (argued), Center for Disability Access, San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Lann G. McIntyre (argued), Jonna D. Lothyan, Ryan P. Garchie, and Jeffry A. Miller, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-55633

    Auto dealer's refusal to install temporary hand controls in vehicle offered for test drive may support claim under ADA (Graber, J.)

  • Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company

    Publication Date: 2017-07-06
    Practice Area: Products Liability | Personal Injury | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation | Construction
    Date Filed: 2017-07-05
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Arkin Law Firm, Sharon J. Arkin; Farrise Firm; Simona A. Farrise for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Dykema Gossett, John M. Thomas, Jill M. Wheaton and Tamara A. Bush for Defendant and Respondent Ford Motor Company.

    Case Number: No. B245037

    Automobile manufacturer not liable for product's compatibility with other manufacturers' asbestos-containing replacement parts (Collins, J.)

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  • Tustin Field Gas and Food, Inc. v. Mid-Century Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2017-07-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Transportation
    Industry: Insurance | Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-07-03
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Murray M. Sinclair & Associates and Murray M. Sinclair for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Tharpe & Howell, Timothy D. Lake and Eric B. Kunkel, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B268850

    Impairment of underground storage tank's structural integrity did not constitute "collapse" for purposes of insurance coverage (Hoffstadt, J.)

  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. U.S. Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2017-06-30
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Legislation | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Brown (argued), Barbara J. Chisholm, and Jonathan Weissglass, Altshuler Berzon LLP San Francisco, California; Henry Jasny, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Washington, D.C.; for Petitioners.
    for defendant: Dana Kaersvang (argued) and Michael S. Raab, Attorneys, Appellate Staff; Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Peter J. Plocki, Deputy Assistant General Counsel; Paul M. Geier, Assistant General Counsel; Molly J. Moran, Acting General Counsel; Office of the General Counsel, Office of Litigation and Enforcement, United States Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.; Charles J. Fromm, Acting Chief Counsel, and Debra S. Straus, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.; for Respondents.

    Case Number: Nos. 15-70754, 16-71137, 16-71992

    Department of Transportation findings that Mexico-based motor carriers could operate safely in U.S. exempt from judicial review (Wardlaw, J.)

  • SJJC Aviation Services, LLC v. City of San Jose (Signature Flight Support Corporation)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-05-24
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Appellant, SJJC Aviation Services, LLC: David P. Lanferman, Ash Pirayou, Peter J. Howell, Alan B. Fenstermacher, Rutan & Tucker.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants and Respondents, City of San Jose, et al.: Richard Doyle, City Attorney, Nora Frimann, Ardell Johnson, Margo Laskowska, Office of the City Attorney.

    Case Number: No. H041035

    Unsuccessful bidder did not show "beneficial interest" required for standing to challenge the bidding result (Eli, J.)

  • CRST, Inc. v. Superior Court (Lennig)

    Publication Date: 2017-05-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Damages | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-05-26
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bassl, Edlin, Huie & Blum, Fred M. Blum, Michael E. Gallagher and Lisa M. Stevenson; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson, Cynthia E. Tobisman and Alan Diamond; Yoka & Smith, Christopher E. Faenza and Benjamin A. Davis for Petitioners.
    for defendant: Parris Law Firm, R. Rex Parris, Bruce L. Schechter and Khail A. Parris; Grignon Law Firm, Margaret M. Grignon and Anne M. Grignon for Real Parties In Interest.

    Case Number: No. B280270

    Employer's admission of vicarious liability for employee negligence did not preclude award of punitive damages (Manella, J.)

  • BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell

    Publication Date: 2017-05-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-05-30
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 16–405

    Federal Employers' Liability Act does not provide independent basis for exercise of personal jurisdiction (Ginsburg, J.)