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In the petition, Flores’ attorney, Soloman Wollack, claimed the Court of Appeal’s decision “omits multiple relevant facts,” including defense arguments over cadaver dogs alerts and Flores’ own intoxication.

(Subscription required) A Los Angeles judge on Monday urged attorneys to resolve lingering limited discovery issues "sooner rather than later" in the Palisades Fire litigation, as plaintiffs sought production of additional wildfire maps they say are needed before depositions of state parks rangers this week.

(Subscription required) The California Supreme Court ruled that a single act of vehicular manslaughter that killed two people cannot be counted as two prior strikes under the Three Strikes law, rejecting a decade-old appellate precedent and ordering resentencing in a DUI case.