| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
B331177
|
Lorenzo v. Calex Engineering, Inc.
Defendant contractors, who established an unpermitted construction staging area for vehicles, owed a duty of care to plaintiffs whose minor daughters were killed by a truck driver. |
Torts |
|
H. Bendix | Apr. 1, 2025 |
|
G064459
|
Modification: Montoya v. Superior Court (Fowler)
Burden of proof may be shifted to defendant doctor when the CT scan he delayed in ordering was crucial to establishing medical negligence causation. |
Torts, Civil Procedure |
|
M. Sanchez | Mar. 31, 2025 |
|
B329625
|
Estate of St. John v. Schaeffler
Out-of-possesion landlord had no duty of care to decedent when landlord had no actual knowledge of the dangerous condition: failure to fence-in a 300-pound pig. |
Real Property, Torts |
|
B. Hoffstadt | Mar. 25, 2025 |
|
G063080
|
Drury v. Ryan
Trial court's refusal to allow negligence per se jury instruction was reversible error where defendant's traffic violation led to collision. |
Torts, Evidence |
|
E. Moore | Mar. 25, 2025 |
|
G064459
|
Montoya v. Superior Court (Fowler)
Burden of proof may be shifted to defendant doctor when the CT scan he delayed in ordering was crucial to establishing medical negligence causation. |
Torts, Civil Procedure |
|
M. Sanchez | Mar. 25, 2025 |
|
S282866
|
Escamilla v. Vannucci
One-year statute of limitations period for claims against attorneys only applies to professional misconduct claims between attorneys and their clients or their intended beneficiaries, not tort claims by third parties. |
Attorneys, Torts |
|
C. Corrigan | Mar. 21, 2025 |
|
G063109
|
Harding v. Lifetime Financial, Inc.
Financial advisory firm owed no duty to plaintiff who was scammed by an impostor posing as an advisor employed by the firm. |
Torts |
|
T. Goethals | Mar. 18, 2025 |
|
B317069
|
Kaushansky v. Stonecroft Attorneys, APC
Professional negligence award was not supported by evidence where plaintiff failed to demonstrate the collectability of the hypothetical underlying judgment that served as the basis for the award. |
Attorneys, Torts |
|
G. Martinez | Mar. 18, 2025 |
|
A169912
|
Kuo v. Dublin Unified School Dist.
Labor Code provision classifying school volunteers as "employees" applied to school volunteer who was killed, thereby rendering workers' compensation plaintiffs' sole remedy. |
Torts, Workers' Compensation |
|
D. Simonds | Mar. 14, 2025 |
|
F087088
|
K.C. v. County of Merced
Despite statute reviving time-barred claims for childhood sexual assault, County was immunized from liability for claims of alleged sexual assault occurring in foster care that were not investigated. |
Immunity, Torts |
|
G. Fain | Mar. 13, 2025 |
|
A168100
|
Zaragoza v. Adam
Expert declaration concluding that medical negligence defendant acted within the standard of care without providing underlying facts and reasons was insufficient to satisfy defendant's burden at the summary judgment stage. |
Torts, Civil Procedure |
|
C. Fujisaki | Mar. 3, 2025 |
|
G064257
|
Modification: Ng v. Superior Court (Los Alamitos Medical Center Inc.)
Wrongful death and medical malpractice claims were sufficiently separate and distinct to warrant separate non-economic damage caps under the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act. |
Torts, Health Care |
|
T. Delaney | Feb. 24, 2025 |
|
B322148
|
Modification: I.C. v. Compton Unified School District
Substantial evidence supported defense verdict on school district's liability after plaintiff suffered an injury as a result of a teacher's attempt to break up a fight. |
Torts |
|
E. Grimes | Feb. 20, 2025 |
|
B322148
|
I.C. v. Compton Unified School District
Substantial evidence supported defense verdict on school district's liability after plaintiff suffered an injury as a result of a teacher's attempt to break up a fight. |
Torts |
|
E. Grimes | Feb. 10, 2025 |
|
D082561
|
Hay v. Marinkovich
Although prevailing defendants in civil actions under Penal Code Section 502 may be awarded their reasonable attorney's fees, they may not recover where the plaintiff's claim was not frivolous. |
Torts |
|
M. Buchanan | Feb. 10, 2025 |
|
G063411
|
D.G. v. Orange County Social Services Agency
Trial court improperly granted summary judgment for Social Services Agency, concluding erroneously that foster child's abuse was not foreseeable. |
Torts |
|
E. Moore | Feb. 4, 2025 |
|
21-56056
|
Huntsman v. Corporation of the President
Summary judgment on fraud claim against church was appropriate where there was no evidence the church had knowingly made any misrepresentations of fact regarding its use of members' tithing funds. |
Torts, Constitutional Law |
|
M. Friedland | Feb. 3, 2025 |
|
A167742
|
Modification: Hearn v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Plaintiff's defamation claim was not separately actionable from the wrongful termination claim he dropped before trial where the claims arose from the same wrongful conduct and requested the same damages. |
Employment Law, Torts |
|
I. Petrou | Jan. 30, 2025 |
|
G064257
|
Ng v. Superior Court (Los Alamitos Medical Center Inc.)
Wrongful death and medical malpractice claims were sufficiently separate and distinct to warrant separate non-economic damage caps under the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act. |
Torts, Health Care |
|
T. Delaney | Jan. 30, 2025 |
|
G063589
|
Carmichael v. Cafe Sevilla of Riverside, Inc.
Negligence per se claim failed because violation of a conditional use permit is not a "violation of a statute or ordinance." |
Torts |
|
E. Moore | Jan. 28, 2025 |
|
A167742
|
Hearn v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Plaintiff's defamation claim was not separately actionable from the wrongful termination claim he dropped before trial where the claims arose from the same wrongful conduct and requested the same damages. |
Employment Law, Torts |
|
I. Petrou | Jan. 28, 2025 |
|
C098701
|
L.W. v. Audi AG
Trial court had personal jurisdiction over Audi's German-HQ entity under the stream-of-commerce theory. |
Civil Procedure, Torts |
|
E. Duarte | Jan. 17, 2025 |
|
B327691
|
Gee v. National Collegiate Athletic Assocation
The assumption of risk doctrine applied to a plaintiff injured by an inherent risk of the sport (head hits), irrespective of whether the specific injury itself (CTE) was inherent to the sport. |
Torts |
|
M. Stratton | Jan. 14, 2025 |
|
H050639
|
Stokes v. Forty Niners Stadium Management Co.
Negligence claim against defendant football stadium security lacked causation where the incident occurred too quickly for defendant to intervene. |
Torts |
|
P. Bamattre-Manoukian | Jan. 14, 2025 |
|
G062752
|
Collins v. Diamond Generating Corp.
Trial court erred in not allowing for Privette jury instructions that could have potentially provided defendant, a partial indirect owner, with the same liability protections as the owner. |
Torts |
|
T. Goethals | Jan. 10, 2025 |
|
D082588
|
Greener v. M. Phelps, Inc.
Trial court did not err in choosing increased risk assumption of liability jury instruction when facts demonstrated that defendant jiu jiu-jitsu instructor chose to proceed with improper move. |
Torts |
|
J. Castillo | Jan. 3, 2025 |
|
G062897
|
Woolard v. Regent Real Estate Services
A homeowners association and its management company did not have a duty to involve itself in a dispute between tenants. |
Torts |
|
E. Moore | Dec. 26, 2024 |
|
G063082
|
Kabat v. Department of Transportation
Summary judgment for dangerous condition of public property liability under Government Code Section 835 was proper when Caltrans provided evidence that it had no notice of allegedly dangerous condition. |
Government, Torts |
|
T. Delaney | Dec. 23, 2024 |
|
C097746
|
Modification: Yaffee v. Skeen
Reversal required where inadmissible evidence of reasonable value of medical services received by insured plaintiff may have resulted in recovery of amounts paid by neither the plaintiff nor his insurer. |
Remedies, Torts |
|
H. Hull | Dec. 23, 2024 |
|
C097746
|
Modification: Yaffee v. Skeen
Reversal required where inadmissible evidence of reasonable value of medical services received by insured plaintiff may have resulted in recovery of amounts paid by neither the plaintiff nor his insurer. |
Remedies, Torts |
|
H. Hull | Dec. 18, 2024 |
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