Public Forum Questions Under CCP § 425.16(e)(4)

Ralph’s Grocery Co. v. Victory Consultants, Inc., No. D070804 (D4d1 Nov. 15, 2017)

The trial court in this case granted an anti-SLAPP motion, dismissing a case where a grocery store sued paid petition signature gathering company for trespassing when it gathered signatures right outside the entrances to two grocery stores in San Diego. 

Evidentiary Musings

Cheal v. El Camino Hospital, No. H036548 (D6, as modified Feb. 14, 2014)

This is an appeal that reverses a grant of a summary judgment in an employment retaliation case. Most of the substance deals with employment law issues. But there are some interesting tidbits on evidence in the footnotes where the court repeatedly reverses evidentiary calls made by the trial court.