In Vallejo City Unified School District v. Superior Court (Caguin), ordered published January 27, 2026, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 4 issued a writ directing a trial court to grant a motion for summary judgment/summary adjudication in part. A sixth-grade student had conflicts with other students. The student reached out to her teacher…
In Leroy v. Yarboi, ordered published November 16, 2021, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 2 affirmed summary judgment for the defendant district, its principal, and its assistant principal. The plaintiffs' decedent, a high school student, suffered from Tourette's Syndrome, sensory integration disorder, and borderline Asperger's Syndrome. He was in a virtual school program, and…
In Caniglia v. Strom, published May 17, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision from the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirming summary judgment to police officers. During an argument with his wife, the plaintiff placed a handgun on the dining room table and asked his wife to shoot him. The wife left the home…