201 Cal.App.4th 1057 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011) Cited 43 times
Holding Code of Civil Procedure section 527.8 authorizes social services agency to obtain a restraining order on behalf of social workers in dependency proceeding
In USS-Posco Industries v. Edwards, 111 Cal.App.4th 436 (Cal.Ct.App. 2003), an appellate court examined defendant's argument that the trial court failed to consider whether his § 527.8 petition was "motivated by a desire to retaliate against Edwards for his prior complaints about racial discrimination in the UPI workplace," thereby violating his First Amendment rights of free speech.
In Kaiser Foundation Hospitals v. Wilson (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th 550 (Kaiser), we held that hearsay evidence is admissible at a hearing on a workplace violence restraining order (WVRO).
In Flores, the defendant's judgment of divorce from Flores, quieting her title to the property as against Flores, could not have preclusive effect on the plaintiff's claims against the defendant because the plaintiff was not a party to the action, or in privity with a party thereto, and she had no opportunity to address the issues raised therein.
Declining to give a jury instruction under the consumer expectations test "because the allergenicity of [natural rubber latex] gloves" is beyond the common experience of ordinary users