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Torts/Personal Injury,
Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court

Apr. 14, 2021

Ruling clarifies legal duty to protect others from harm

Is there a legal duty to protect others from harm caused entirely by third parties? “It depends,” goes the standard refrain.

Hailyn J. Chen

Co-Managing Partner
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

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Paul E. Martin

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Is there a legal duty to protect others from harm caused entirely by third parties? "It depends," goes the standard refrain. And while the characteristically fact-dependent nature of negligence law persists after the California Supreme Court's recent holding in Brown v. USA Taekwondo, 2021 DJDAR 3037 (Cal., Apr. 1, 2021), the unanimous decision importantly clarifies...

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