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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 6DCA Sep. 13, 2022
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 1DCA/3 Sep. 12, 2022
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 4DCA/2 Sep. 7, 2022
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 2DCA/8 Aug. 31, 2022
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 CASC Aug. 30, 2022
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 2DCA/5 Aug. 24, 2022
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 9th Aug. 23, 2022
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 2DCA/6 Aug. 23, 2022
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 6DCA Aug. 19, 2022
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 6DCA Aug. 17, 2022
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 9th Aug. 12, 2022
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 9th Aug. 12, 2022
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 9th Aug. 12, 2022
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 2DCA/8 Aug. 4, 2022
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 2DCA/3 Jul. 29, 2022
Joshi v. Fitness International, LLC
A checklist indicating a sauna "needed repair" was insufficient to show gross negligence by a fitness center. 		Torts 6DCA Jul. 6, 2022
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 4DCA/3 Jul. 1, 2022
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 2DCA/1 Jun. 28, 2022
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 2DCA/4 Jun. 13, 2022
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 2DCA/8 Jun. 8, 2022
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 2DCA/1 Jun. 2, 2022
Kline v. Zimmer, Inc.
Hip replacement company could offer medical expert testimony to rebut plaintiff's causation claims even though the expert's opinion on alternative causes was expressed to less than a reasonable medical probability. 		Torts 2DCA/8 May 31, 2022
Modification: Hassaine v. Club Demonstration Services, Inc.
Independent contractor that operated food sample tables had a special relationship with Costco shoppers that gave rise to a duty to exercise reasonable care irrespective of its contract with Costco. 		Torts 4DCA/1 May 20, 2022
Doe v. Anderson Union High School Dist.
Based on the record, a school district did not have a duty to constantly monitor a teacher who eventually engaged in a sexual relationship with a student because to impose such a duty would be unreasonable. 		Torts 3DCA May 5, 2022
Hassaine v. Club Demonstration Services, Inc.
Independent contractor that operated food sample tables had a special relationship with Costco shoppers that gave rise to a duty to exercise reasonable care irrespective of its contract with Costco. 		Torts 4DCA/1 Apr. 25, 2022
Samantha B. v. Aurora Vista Del Mar
Plaintiffs' Elder Abuse Act claims against a hospital were not subject to the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act's limitations period nor its limit on noneconomic damages. 		Torts 2DCA/6 Apr. 6, 2022
Quintero v. Weinkauf
Substantial evidence supported a determination by the jury that there were exigent circumstances excusing the requirement for stalking that plaintiff demand defendant cease and abate his pattern of conduct. 		Torts 1DCA/4 Apr. 5, 2022
Feltham v. Universal Protection Service, LP
The special risk exemption did not make employer liable for employee's negligence since it was employee-caused fatigue, not employer-caused fatigue, that proximately caused employee's off-duty car crash. 		Torts 1DCA/3 Apr. 1, 2022
White v. Wear
The trial court erred in amending allegations in an elder abuse restraining order petition to prohibit defendant from possessing firearms and ammunition. 		Torts 4DCA/2 Mar. 10, 2022
Lopez v. Ledesma
Physician assistants who practice under a licensed physician but receive minimal or no supervision may still fall under the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act's noneconomic damages cap. 		Torts CASC Feb. 25, 2022
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