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Zenab Aly vs. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center

Demurrer to Amended Complaint

14 Cited authorities

  1. Applied Equipment Corp. v. Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd.

    7 Cal.4th 503 (Cal. 1994)   Cited 1,195 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there is no separate cause of action for civil conspiracy, and that to establish such an action, a plaintiff must show some other underlying tort or civil wrong

  2. US Ecology, Inc. v. State

    129 Cal.App.4th 887 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005)   Cited 304 times
    Holding that causation is an element of a promissory estoppel claim

  3. Delaney v. Baker

    20 Cal.4th 23 (Cal. 1999)   Cited 216 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding recklessness "involves more than inadvertence, incompetence [or] unskillfulness"

  4. Covenant Care, Inc. v. Superior Court

    32 Cal.4th 771 (Cal. 2004)   Cited 135 times   2 Legal Analyses
    In Covenant Care, Inc. v. Superior Court, 86 P.3d 290 (Cal. 2004), the California Supreme Court confronted the sad story of Juan Inclan, an "elder," during his eight-week stay at a "skilled nursing facility."

  5. Harris v. Rudin, Richman Appel

    74 Cal.App.4th 299 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999)   Cited 149 times
    Holding that if a claim is based upon an "alleged breach of a written contract, the terms must be set out verbatim in the body of the complaint or a copy of the written agreement must be attached and incorporated by reference"

  6. Intrieri v. Superior Court

    117 Cal.App.4th 72 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004)   Cited 112 times
    Finding summary adjudication inappropriate as to plaintiff's elder abuse, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation causes of action where triable issues of fact existed as to each cause of action

  7. Otworth v. Southern Pac. Transportation Co.

    166 Cal.App.3d 452 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985)   Cited 166 times
    In Otworth v. Southern Pacific Transp. Co., 166 Cal.App.3d 452, 167 Cal.App.3d 102E, 212 Cal.Rptr. 743, 744-45 (1985), the plaintiff alleged conversion, breach of contract, violations of constitutional rights, and unjust enrichment against his employer for withholding federal and state income tax.

  8. Haley v. Casa Del Rey Homeowners Assn.

    153 Cal.App.4th 863 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007)   Cited 83 times
    Holding the association had the discretion to address complaints about CC R violations by amending the CC Rs to permit certain encroachments rather than file expensive and time-consuming litigation

  9. Central Pathology Serv. Med. Clinic v. Superior Court

    3 Cal.4th 181 (Cal. 1992)   Cited 100 times
    Holding that plaintiffs' cause of action for fraud "aris[es] out of the professional negligence of a health care provider" for purposes of Code of Civil Procedure section 425.13

  10. Wise v. Southern Pacific Co.

    223 Cal.App.2d 50 (Cal. Ct. App. 1963)   Cited 134 times
    Noting that other courts have held that employees of a corporation cannot conspire with their principal or employer when acting in their official capacities and not as individuals for their own advantage

  11. Section 4 - Receipt of money for client - Discharge of claim - Acknowledging satisfaction of judgment

    Okla. Stat. tit. 5 § 4

    An attorney and counselor has power to receive money claimed by his client in an action or proceeding during the pendency thereof, or afterwards, unless he has been previously discharged by his client, and, upon payment thereof, and not otherwise, to discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment. Okla. Stat. tit. 5, § 4 R.L. 1910, § 245.