August 2023 APPELLATE UPDATE

Worker’s compensation

Plaintiff fell while stepping from a dock to a boat. He sued his employer yacht club under federal admiralty law. The court held Plaintiff’s exclusive remedy was a workers’ compensation claim under California law.

Ranger v. Alamitos Bay Yacht Club

Case no. B315302(Second Appellate District)

September 6, 2023

Anti-SLAPP litigation

Plaintiff CSI was in the process of gathering news to report on the activity of a public agency. This is conduct protected by the First Amendment and this is the type of lawsuit the Anti-SLAPP statutes are designed to prevent.

Iloh v. Regents of the University of California

Case no. G061238 (Fourth Appellate District)

August 24, 2023