Civil: Capacity to Sue or Defend
“The rules regarding party capacity are designed to ensure that whatever judgment is rendered will…
Civil: Standing to Sue [Real Party in Interest]
“First of all, plaintiff must be the ‘real party in interest’ with respect to the…
Civil: Civil Jury Instructions 422-435 [Negligence]
Instruction 422 [Providing Alcoholic Beverages to Obviously Intoxicated Minors [Bus. & Prof. Code, § 25602.1]]…
Civil: Civil Jury Instructions 400-421 [Negligence]
Instruction 400 [Negligence—Essential Factual Elements]: The plaintiff claims that she was harmed by the defendant’s…
Civil: Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995
“The Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995 (Gender Tax Act) forbids business establishments from engaging…
Civil: Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976
“The Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976 (Ralph Act) declares that all people should be…
Civil: Unruh Civil Rights Act
“The Unruh Civil Rights Act guarantees every person in California “full and equal” access to…
Civil: Consumers Legal Remedies Act
“The Consumers Legal Remedies Act prohibits a variety of specified unfair or deceptive acts ‘in…
Civil: Unfair Competition Law
“California’s statutory Unfair Competition Law prohibits, and provides civil remedies for, “unfair competition,” defined as “any…
Civil: Trespass to Personal Property
“Trespass to personal property (or “trespass to chattels”) provides recovery for interferences not severe enough to…