Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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A162817
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Dhital v. Nissan North America, Inc.
Plaintiffs' fraudulent inducement claim regarding their new Nissan was not barred by the economic loss rule because their allegations of presale fraudulent inducement were independent of the subsequent contract. |
Torts |
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J. Streeter | Oct. 28, 2022 |
E073917
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Defries v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
Failure to instruct jury on nondelegable duty was prejudicial when plaintiff's theory of the case was based on imputed negligence resulting from manufacturer's nondelegable duty to provide a safe product. |
Torts |
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M. Raphael | Oct. 27, 2022 |
C093295
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Modification: McCullar v. SMC Contracting, Inc.
Subcontractor retained responsibility for its employee's workplace injury even though the general contractor created the hazard. |
Torts |
|
A. Hoch | Oct. 14, 2022 |
B321016
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car of L.A. v. Superior Court (Grigoryan)
Rental car agency was not negligent in relying on renter's foreign driver's license and local California address to rent car involved in accident. |
Torts |
|
B. Currey | Oct. 10, 2022 |
B306423
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Kruthanooch v. Glendale Adventist Medical Center
In an Elder Abuse Act case, substantial evidence did not support that medical center had a robust caretaking or custodial relationship with elderly patient. |
Torts |
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L. Lavin | Oct. 7, 2022 |
B305837
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Karton v. Musick, Peeler, Garrett LLP
Denying motion for setoff predicated upon the tort-of-another doctrine was proper where the movant provided no evidence it incurred the costs in an action against any third party. |
Torts |
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F. Rothschild | Oct. 5, 2022 |
A162508
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T.L. v. City Ambulance of Eureka, Inc.
Ambulance company owed a general duty of care to plaintiff who sustained injuries by unbuckling herself and stepping out of a moving ambulance while being transported. |
Torts |
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K. Banke | Sep. 30, 2022 |
C090751
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Miller v. Roseville Lodge No. 1293
Summary judgment was appropriate where independent contractor's injured employee seeking to hold hirer liable failed to demonstrate hirer exercised retained control or failed to disclose a concealed hazardous condition. |
Torts |
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L. Earl | Sep. 29, 2022 |
C093295
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McCullar v. SMC Contracting, Inc.
Subcontractor retained responsibility for its employee's workplace injury even though the general contractor created the hazard. |
Torts |
|
A. Hoch | Sep. 15, 2022 |
H048393
|
Modification: Maleti v. Wickers
Favorable termination element of malicious prosecution claim was satisfied where multiple claims were asserted in prior action against plaintiff, none were successful, and at least one was decided on the merits. |
Torts |
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P. Bamattre-Manoukian | Sep. 13, 2022 |
A162137
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Golick v. State of California
Where officer shoots at suspect resulting in no injuries but then stops, and the suspect later kills his hostages, there is no actionable deadly force tort claim. |
Torts |
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A. Tucher | Sep. 12, 2022 |
E076212
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C.I. v. San Bernardino City Unified School Dist.
School district was not negligent in its duty to protect students from foreseeable injury because criminal attack on school grounds by teacher's estranged spouse was not foreseeable. |
Torts |
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A. McKinster | Sep. 7, 2022 |
B304824
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Perez v. Hibachi Buffet
Granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict was improper where a clear logical inference regarding spill's origin based on evidence offered at trial supported the verdict. |
Torts |
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J. Wiley | Aug. 31, 2022 |
S266003
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Hoffmann v. Young
Plaintiff who was invited motorcycle riding on the family property by defendants' live-in son could not impose premises liability on the parents since children are not automatically authorized to invite others onto the property. |
Torts |
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C. Corrigan | Aug. 30, 2022 |
B313971
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Cameron v. Las Orchidias Properties, LLC
"Property" as used in the Elder Abuse Act included a displaced tenant's right to re-rent under the Los Angeles Municipal Code and the Ellis Act. |
Torts |
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C. Moor | Aug. 24, 2022 |
21-56047
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G and G Closed Circuit Events v. Liu
Summary judgment was appropriate where plaintiff failed to provide evidence regarding the method of transmission in a Cable Communications Policy Act and Communications Act claim. |
Torts |
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M. McKeown | Aug. 23, 2022 |
B311482
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Franklin v. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Doctor who performed allegedly negligent back surgery was not an ostensible agent of the hospital because he was expressly not an agent or employee of the hospital and there were no representations to the contrary. |
Torts |
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K. Yegan | Aug. 23, 2022 |
H049471
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Technology Credit Union v. Rafat
Workplace violence restraining order was reversed because there was insufficient evidence to support that bank customer would resort to violence against bank employee. |
Torts |
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A. Danner | Aug. 19, 2022 |
H048393
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Maleti v. Wickers
Favorable termination element of malicious prosecution claim was satisfied where multiple claims were asserted in prior action against plaintiff, none were successful, and at least one was decided on the merits. |
Torts |
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P. Bamattre-Manoukian | Aug. 17, 2022 |
21-35941
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Bennett v. U.S.
State's eight-year statute of repose was applicable substantive law of the place where the omission occurred under the Federal Tort Claims Act, leaving plaintiff with no cause of action. |
Torts |
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R. Seeborg | Aug. 12, 2022 |
20-56180
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Spletstoser v. Hyten
Government was not immune from suit because former colonel's alleged sexual assault by a former general was not incident to military service. |
Torts |
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J. Rawlinson | Aug. 12, 2022 |
21-15690
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Planet Aid v. Reveal
Public charity and charity director were limited public figures subject to actual malice standard for defamation claim since they engaged in press and solicited public donations for the controversial charity. |
Torts |
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S. Thomas | Aug. 12, 2022 |
B309454
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Montes v. Young Men's Christian Assn. of Glendale, CA
Defendant owed no duty of care to plaintiff who willingly chose to encounter open and obvious dangerous condition without any practical necessity. |
Torts |
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E. Grimes | Aug. 4, 2022 |
B308741
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Nunez v. City of Redondo Beach
A city's policy of repairing half-inch sidewalk defects did not mean that a three-quarters-inch defect posed a substantial risk of injury. |
Torts |
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A. Edgerton | Jul. 29, 2022 |
H048115
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Joshi v. Fitness International, LLC
A checklist indicating a sauna "needed repair" was insufficient to show gross negligence by a fitness center. |
Torts |
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P. Bamattre-Manoukian | Jul. 6, 2022 |
G060053
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Achay v. Huntington Beach Union High School Dist.
School district had a duty to take reasonable measures to protect student on school grounds for school-related activities from injury at the hands of a third party. |
Torts |
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E. Moore | Jul. 1, 2022 |
B305585
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Barber v. Southern California Edison Company
Homeowners who alleged electrical shocks from nearby substation were unable to contradict electricity company's expert testimony that the stray voltage was insufficient to cause perceptible shocks. |
Torts |
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F. Rothschild | Jun. 28, 2022 |
B302442
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Casillas v. Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company
Plaintiffs' trespass-to-chattel claim failed because there was no evidence that the alleged copying of electronic files from their computer system caused any damage or disruption to the system itself. |
Torts |
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N. Manella | Jun. 13, 2022 |
B306575
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Davis v. Harano
Defense expert did not concede causation for alleged neck pain from minor car crash because his concession hinged on the jury's belief of plaintiff's credibility. |
Torts |
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J. Wiley | Jun. 8, 2022 |
B310131
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Jane Doe No. 1 v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
Uber did not have a duty to protect based on a common carrier-passenger special relationship with women who were abducted and sexually assaulted by assailants posing as Uber drivers. |
Torts |
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F. Rothschild | Jun. 2, 2022 |