State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Serafin v. Balco Properties Ltd., LLC

Decided March 16, 2015. Ignazio John Ruvolo wrote the opinion for the court.

235 Cal. App. 4th 165 · Cited 127 times

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Armendariz v. Found. Health Psychcare Servs., Inc. · 6 P.3d 669
Trivedi v. CUREXO TECHNOLOGY CORP. · 189 Cal. App. 4th 387
Sparks v. Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services · 207 Cal. App. 4th 1511
Serpa v. California Surety Investigations, Inc. · 215 Cal. App. 4th 695
Ajamian v. Cantorco2e. L.P. · 203 Cal. App. 4th 771
Roman v. Superior Court · 172 Cal. App. 4th 1462
Tiri v. Lucky Chances, Inc. · 226 Cal. App. 4th 231
Engalla v. Permanente Medical Group, Inc. · 15 Cal. 4th 951
Reid v. Google, Inc. · 235 P.3d 988
Pinnacle Museum Tower Ass'n v. Pinnacle Market Development (US), LLC · 55 Cal. 4th 223
Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno · 57 Cal. 4th 1109
Little v. Auto Stiegler, Inc. · 63 P.3d 979
Schachter v. Citigroup, Inc. · 47 Cal. 4th 610
Samaniego v. Empire Today, LLC · 205 Cal. App. 4th 1138
Peng v. First Republic Bank CA1/1 · 219 Cal. App. 4th 1462
Stirlen v. Supercuts, Inc. · 51 Cal. App. 4th 1519
Gutierrez v. Autowest, Inc. · 7 Cal. Rptr. 3d 267
24 Hour Fitness, Inc. v. Superior Court of Sonoma Cty. · 78 Cal. Rptr. 2d 533
Fitz v. NCR Corp. · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 88
Alexander v. Codemasters Group Limited · 127 Cal. Rptr. 2d 145
Craig v. Brown & Root, Inc. · 100 Cal. Rptr. 2d 818
Banner Entertainment, Inc. v. Superior Court · 62 Cal. App. 4th 348
Dotson v. Amgen, Inc. · 181 Cal. App. 4th 975
Peleg v. Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. · 204 Cal. App. 4th 1425
Lagatree v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP · 88 Cal. Rptr. 2d 664

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