The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a District Court judge who found that a health-care insurer furnished an inadequate explanation for declining to pay for procedures to repair the hiatal hernias of two insureds, but nonetheless ruled that the company’s decision did not constitute an abuse of discretion, erred procedurally.

One thing is clear: In California, you’re legally required to respond to a jury summons. Ignoring the notice could result in serious penalties under California law.

A judgment of the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming was improperly entered by the Los Angeles Superior Court, Div. Two of the Court of Appeal for this district declared yesterday.

With no recorded dissents, the Supreme Court today denied review in People v. Calvary Chapel San Jose. The Sixth District Court of Appeal’s unpublished opinion affirmed a $1,228,700 administrative fine for a San Jose church’s refusal over a seven-month period to comply with a county’s public health orders requiring face covering during the COVID pandemic.