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Is the patient or IHSS responsible for a caregiver wage?

This article highlights the legal protections and remedies available to caregivers for recovering unpaid wages, additional compensation, and late payment fees, demonstrating the legal channels caregivers can utilize to secure justice and proper payment.

What Does Larceny Mean?

Larceny is a legal term for theft, referring to the act of unlawfully taking property from someone without their consent. It’s classified based on the property’s value, with distinctions like petty or grand larceny. This crime carries varying penalties, including fines and possible jail time, depending on the severity of the theft.

Understanding Discovery: Scope of Admissible Evidence

The term “Reasonably Calculated to Lead to Discovery of Admissible Evidence” defines the scope of permissible discovery in legal proceedings, focusing on information that could lead to trial-admissible evidence. The discovery process is applied liberally, allowing for a broad range of information, including hearsay, stipulated matters, and cumulative evidence, to be gathered.

Discovery Limitations in California

Learn the key restrictions on legal discovery in California with our concise guide on CCP-imposed limits. Learn how timing, scope, and protective orders shape the discovery process in California civil cases.

Right to Discovery in California: No Leave of Court

In California legal proceedings, most discovery procedures are available as a matter of right without requiring leave of court, except for certain sensitive matters such as physical and mental examinations, a defendant’s financial condition in punitive damage cases, and a plaintiff’s sexual history in sexual harassment cases, which require a court order.

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