Plaintiff and appellant Jenaro Carrasco worked as a parole agent for real party in interest Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (department) for five years. He was then promoted to the…
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The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of employment-related claims on the grounds that the delegation clause and arbitration provision in the plaintiff’s contract…
California law requires that employers pay agricultural workers a minimum wage “on the established payday for the period involved.” (Cal. Code. Regs., tit. 8, § 11140, subd. (4)(B).) Labor Code section…
Rosalinda Zuniga appeals the judgment in favor of Alexandria Care Center, LLC, Skilled Healthcare, LLC and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (collectively Alexandria Care) entered after a five-day bench trial of…
Under California’s peer review statute, a hospital must afford a physician a fair hearing before revoking the physician’s staff privileges. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 809 et seq.) A panel of…
Plaintiff Peter J. Nowicki appeals from the trial court’s judgment in favor of defendant (CCCERA) following the denial of Nowicki’s fourth amended petition for writ of mandate (petition), filed pursuant…
Defendant Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Inc., appeals from an order denying its petition to compel arbitration of Labor Code claims pursued by former employees. The former employees contend their…
The panel affirmed the district court’s order compelling arbitration in a putative class action requesting a preliminary injunction prohibiting Uber from classifying drivers in Massachusetts as independent contractors and an…
Under California law, hospitals must use a process of professional peer review to evaluate physicians’ qualifications for medical staff privileges. (See Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 805, 809–809.9.) Because the loss…
Plaintiffs, retired superior court judges who have participated in the Temporary Assigned Judges Program (TAJP), challenge recent changes to the program made by the Chief Justice. These changes include limits…