Filed 7/7/09 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EUSEBIO RAMON, Defendant and Appellant. F054603 (Super. Ct. No. BF119690A) OPINION APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. Sidney P. Chapin, Judge. Thea Greenhalgh, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General,...

Filed 7/7/09 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) —- J.C. PENNEY COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and JAMES EDWARDS, Respondents. C059760 (WCAB Nos. SAC338759, SAC360384) ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS: Petition for Writ of Review. Joseph S. Samuel, Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judge. Decision and award annulled and remanded with directions. Mullen & Fil...

Filed 6/10/09; pub order 7/7/09 (see end of opn.) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT PAUL FONTAINE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; CASHCALL, INC. et al., Real Parties in Interest. H033811 (Santa Clara County Super. Ct. No. CV 113767) I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Paul Fontaine obtained a loan for personal, family or household use from real party in interest CashCall, Inc. (hereafter CashCall). After C...

Filed 7/6/09 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT DERAIN CLARK et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES LLC et al., Defendants and Respondents; ____________________ JERRSON NALUZ et al., Objectors and Appellants. B203476 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC332632) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles. Mark V. Mooney, J...

Filed 7/6/09 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent, ) ) S064337 v. ) ) San Diego County RAMON JAY ROGERS, ) Super. Ct. No. SCD 119402 ) Defendant and Appellant. ) ) A jury convicted defendant Ramon Jay Rogers of the first degree murders of Beatrice Toronczak and Rose Albano and the second degree murder of Ron Stadt. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a).) The jury also found true the special circumstance that defendant had been convicted of multiple mu...

Filed 6/30/09 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FIVE CONSUMER PRIVACY CASES, A120591, A120145 & A120151 (San Francisco City & County Super. Ct. No. JCCP 4211) INTRODUCTION Appellants in this action are objectors to a class action settlement. They maintain that class members were not given adequate notice of the settlement, that the settlement was not fair, reasonable and adequate, ...

Filed 6/30/09 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) —- JOSH SHAW et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE PEOPLE ex rel. JOHN CHIANG, as Controller, etc. et al., Defendants and Appellants. C058479 (Super. Ct. No. 07CS01179) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Jack Sapunor, Judge. Affirmed in part and reversed in part. Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, Ric...

Filed 6/30/09 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE CITY OF IRVINE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, Defendant and Respondent. G040513 (Super. Ct. No. 07CC8301) O P I N I O N Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, William M. Monroe, Judge. Requests for judicial notice. Judgment affirmed. Requests granted. ...

Filed 6/30/09 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE STEVEN CHOI et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ORANGE COUNTY GREAT PARK CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent. G040823 (Super. Ct. No. 30-2008-00101131) O P I N I O N Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Derek W. Hunt, Judge. Reversed and remanded. Enterprise Counsel Group, David A. Robinson, Benj...

Filed 6/30/09 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE YUKI KOBAYASHI, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; DOUGLAS HAN, Real Party in Interest. G042173 (Super. Ct. No. 30-2009-00122583) O P I N I O N Original proceedings in the Court of Appeal for the State of California; petition to file notice of appeal by person who appears to be a vexatious l...