- Family: Riverside Superior Judge Dorothy Mclaughlin’s judgment reversed in part in Marriage of Duncan (RID1604626/E075329)
- Grace Duarte challenged McLaughlin’s distribution of property in this marriage dissolution case. The Court of Appeal agreed that the court incorrectly shifted a burden to her, and reversed orders that charged her for $100,000 in withdrawals from joint bank accounts.
- Civil: Riverside Superior Judge David Chapman’s judgment affirmed in Reed v. Sylk (PSC1801926/E077267)
- Diane Reed appealed Chapman’s judgment in favor of defendant Robert Sylk. Reed argued Sylk committed fraud and financial elder abuse. Sylk had been paid $15,000 to introduce Reed to prospective lenders for her business. The connections did not result in loans. The Court of Appeal