Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist. Div. 1 · Court of Appeal opinion · August 26, 2015
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Thomas v. Corbyn Restaurant Development — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · D083655
AmountNot statedAmount not stated in reviewed source.
ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingeWire InstructionsTeaches settlement-fund wire verification and imposter-rule loss allocation when disbursement instructions change midstream.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Teaches settlement-fund wire verification and imposter-rule loss allocation when disbursement instructions change midstream.
Limit before takeaway
Published Court of Appeal opinion only. Personal-injury settlement context — wire-instruction verification pattern applies to escrow disbursement workflows.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App. 4th Dist.
- Case number
- D083655
- Filed
- January 1, 2025
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Money movement stage
- At release
- Record gap
- Authorization gap
- Strongest reviewed source
- Published opinion
- Allegation / finding status
- Court ruling
- Disposition
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Last posture checked
- 2026-05-31
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-31
What happened
First-impression California appellate decision allocating loss when spoofed counsel emails redirect settlement proceeds; applies UCC imposter rule guidance from federal wire-transfer cases.
What it hinged on
Wire Instructions. Teaches settlement-fund wire verification and imposter-rule loss allocation when disbursement instructions change midstream.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Teaches settlement-fund wire verification and imposter-rule loss allocation when disbursement instructions change midstream.
Documents to inspect
- Wire instructions
- Beneficiary verification
- Callback log
- Outgoing wire confirmation
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What the file needed to show
Current reviewed metadata frames the file issue this way:
Teaches settlement-fund wire verification and imposter-rule loss allocation when disbursement instructions change midstream.
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 2025
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
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Limit: Published Court of Appeal opinion only. Personal-injury settlement context — wire-instruction verification pattern applies to escrow disbursement workflows.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.