California Supreme Court Watch

#23-217 Woodworth v. Loma Linda University Medical Center, S281717. (E072704; 93 Cal.App.5th 1038; San Bernardino County Superior Court; CIVDS1408640.) Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed in part and reversed in part orders in a civil action. The court ordered briefing deferred pending decision in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., S274340 (#22-170), which presents the following issue: Do trial courts have inherent authority to ensure that claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.) will be manageable at trial, and to strike or narrow such claims if they cannot be managed?; and Camp v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., S277518 (#23-20), which presents the following issue: Under California law, are employers permitted to use neutral time-rounding practices to calculate employees’ work time for payroll purposes?

Petition for review granted; briefing deferred: 11/01/2023

See the Court of Appeal Opinion.