The Sixth District Court of Appeal has held that the “consumer expectations test” for determining if a product is defective does not apply in a case where a woman exited a car, leaving her fob inside, her two-and-a-half year old son climbed in, starting the vehicle, which then rammed into the mother, causing severe injuries.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced on April 1 that they are moving forward with a project on U.S. Highway 101 in Humboldt County. The goal of the project which has now been approved by the courts is to increase shipping efficiency and improve safety on the highway.

A federal judge rules that the Border Patrol again broke the rules in California immigration sweeps, saying agents acted “without considering or complying with law Congress enacted.”

A defendant’s right under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1959 decision in Napue v. Illinois for a correction by the prosecution of testimony it knows to be false is not forfeited by virtue of a failure to raise it at trial or on appeal, Div. One of the Court of Appeal for this district declared yesterday in granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.