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Lawson v. Management Activities Inc.
Airlines have no duty to bystanders who experience emotional distress after witnessing plane crash.
Torts Feb. 26, 1999
Nguyen v. Proton Technology Corporation
Extraneous pre-litigation statements aren't protected by 'judicial proceedings' privilege.
Torts Feb. 26, 1999
Kaelin v. Globe Communications Corp.
Defamatory insinuation on cover headline isn't cured by milder subheadline or non-defamatory story.
Torts Feb. 26, 1999
Brewer v. Harley-Davidson Inc.
Order
Torts Feb. 25, 1999
Schwartz v. Coastal Physician Group Inc.
Order
Torts Feb. 24, 1999
Westphal v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Filing frivolous appeal, 'which indisputably has no merit,' is subject to sanctions in tort action.
Torts Feb. 24, 1999
Lo v. Superior Court (County of Los Angeles)
Government may be liable for judge's abuse of power, regardless of location conduct's occurrence.
Torts Feb. 22, 1999
Travelers Indenmity Co. of Illinois v. City of Redlands Redevelopment Agency
Evidence of unlawful entries by transients is sufficient to require res ipsa loquitur instruction.
Torts Feb. 19, 1999
Valentine v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Trial courts can order partial mistrial, reserve judgment on select causes of action, and order limited retrial.
Torts Feb. 19, 1999
Becerra v. County of Santa Cruz
County social workers are immune from tort liability for discretionary placement decisions.
Torts Feb. 19, 1999
Akers v. Miller
Excluding 'gruesome' photographs isn't abuse of discretion when expert testimony is given to describe injuries.
Torts Feb. 18, 1999
Galanek v. Wismar
In negligence trial, burden to show lack of causation shifts to defendant after plaintiff's opening statement.
Torts Feb. 16, 1999
Scheiding v. Dinwiddie Construction Co.
Mere arguments by opponent are insufficient basis to infer a party's inability to produce supporting evidence.
Torts Feb. 16, 1999
Hoff v. Vacaville Unified School District
School owes no duty to nonstudent injured off school property by a student.
Torts Feb. 10, 1999
Carter v. Holiday Ice Skating Center
Defendant's duty to provide appropriate rental equipment renders primary assumption of risk doctrine inapplicable.
Torts Feb. 10, 1999
Tidmore v. Automobile Club of California
Rescue doctrine applies in case involving just two parties rather than usual three.
Torts Feb. 10, 1999
El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tseng
Warsaw Convention precludes tort action under local laws when cause of action isn't included in Convention.
Torts Feb. 10, 1999
Lane v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Order
Torts Feb. 8, 1999
U.S. v. Orr
Order
Torts Feb. 8, 1999
Pickens v. Mike Naughton Ford Inc.
Order
Torts Jan. 28, 1999
Fullmer v. United States of America
Order
Torts Jan. 26, 1999
Salinas v. Jamar Inc.
Order
Torts Jan. 19, 1999
Campbell v. Toyota-Diahatsu Inc.
Automobile repair shop has no duty to warn customer of possible dangers resulting from broken seatbelt.
Torts Dec. 28, 1998
Cordova v. Pueblo West Metropolitan
Overgrown bushes do not constitute a physical interference with a roadway such that sovereign immunity is waived.
Torts Dec. 28, 1998
Arrington v. Palmer
Statements made in context of political campaign do not constitute defamation.
Torts Dec. 24, 1998
Martinez v. Lewis
Accident victim can't sue doctor, who examined her in independent medical examination, for Medical Malpractice.
Torts Dec. 13, 1998
Kuhn v. St. Joseph's Hospital
No error in allowing defendant in medical malpractice suit to elicit causation opinions from more than one witness.
Torts Dec. 11, 1998
Farley v. United States of America
Secretary must determine that Compensation Act doesn't apply for Tort Claims Act case to proceed.
Torts Dec. 10, 1998
Huntoon v. TCI Cablevision of Colorado Inc.
Absent evidence of unwarranted stop, Plaintiff's suit in sudden stop collision fails on comparative negligence theory.
Torts Nov. 29, 1998
Elespuru v. Dick Simon Trucking Inc.
Order
Torts Nov. 24, 1998