• Retzloff v. Moulton Parkway Residents Association, No. One

    Publication Date: 2017-08-25
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Smart Law, Dean E. Smart and Adam C. Cramer for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Swedelsongottlieb, David C. Swedelson and Joan Elizabeth Lewis-Heard for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. G053164

    Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act does not authorize award of attorney fees to prevailing association (Moore, J.)

  • Skulason v. California Bureau of Real Estate

    Publication Date: 2017-08-17
    Practice Area: Privacy | Criminal Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-16
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Diane S. Shaw, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lisa W. Chao, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Stephen Lew, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Nhan T. Vu, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Appellant: Kelly A. Woodruff, Farella Braun + Martel LLP, Aviva J. Gilbert, Farella Braun + Martel LLP.

    Case Number: No. A147047, A147814

    Bureau of Real Estate had no mandatory duty to remove from website publicly available information about licensee's dismissed misdemeanor convictions (Humes, P.J.)

  • Jacobs v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Company

    Publication Date: 2017-08-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-25
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grassini, Wrinkle & Johnson and Brian Hong, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet, Joshua C. McDaniel; Bradley & Gmelich and Thomas P. Gmelich, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: 2d Civil No. B277832

    Brokerage firm not liable for obvious danger posed to prospective home buyer by empty swimming pool (Perren, J)

  • Hovannisian v. First American Title Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2017-08-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-25
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilkins, Drolshagen & Czeshinski, James H. Wilkins and Quentin Cedar, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Garrett & Tully, Ryan C. Squire and Edward W. Racek, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. F072789

    Seller's title insurance coverage terminated upon transfer of real property to purchasers (Gomes, Acting P.J.)

  • Surfrider Foundation v. Martins Beach 1, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-08-14
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Joseph W. Cotchett, Eric Buescher; Mark A. Massara; Law Office of Herb Fox and Herb Fox, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Bancroft, Paul D. Clement, Erin E. Murphy; Hopkins and Carley, Jeffrey E. Essner, Allonn E. Levy, and Dori L. Yob, for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. A144268, A145176

    Blocking public assess to beach constituted "development" for purposes of California Coastal Act (Simons, Acting P.J.)

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  • Curci Investments, LLC v. Baldwin

    Publication Date: 2017-08-11
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Corporate Entities | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brown Rudnick, Ronald Rus, Joel Miliband, Randall A. Smith and Justin S. Morgan for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Broker & Associates and Jeffrey W. Broker; Matthews Law Firm, Inc. and Arturo E. Matthews, Jr., for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. G052764

    Reverse veil piercing potentially available in California for judgment creditor (Thompson, J.)

  • PGA West Residential Association, Inc. v. Hulven International, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peters & Freedman, David M. Peters and Zachary R. Smith for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Sam Walker for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. E064270

    Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act's seven-year statute of limitations barred lawsuit challenging alleged fraudulent transfer of interest in real estate to sham entity (McKinster, J.)

  • Ayala v. Dawson

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-04
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arthur Samuel Humphrey, Attorney at Law and Arthur Samuel Humphrey for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Terry A. Duree for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. A142830

    Atypical unlawful detainer action decided issues of both possession and title (Streeter, J.)

  • Conroy v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2017-07-31
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-28
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: United Law Center and Danny A. Barak for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Severson & Werson and Jan T. Chilton for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. C078914

    Borrower requesting refinancing must specifically request that mortgage servicer provide "single point of contact" (Hoch. J.)

  • Rush v. White Corporation

    Publication Date: 2017-07-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-28
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: O'Connor and Associates, John D. O'Connor, Jessica C. Shafer for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Dillingham & Murphy, Dennis J. Kelly for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. A145758

    Noncompliance with court rules warranted adverse ruling on motion for summary judgment (Richman, J.)