Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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A119733
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Salinas v. Martin
Property owner owed duty of care to contractor's employee to remove dangerous dogs from his property. |
Torts |
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Sep. 2, 2008 | |
C056319
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Ieremia v. Hilmar Unified School District
Incidents of ownership must be shown to demonstrate 'owner' status under Vehicle Code Section 3333.4. |
Torts |
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Aug. 28, 2008 | |
S143819
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Ramirez v. Nelson
Court concludes that Penal Code Section 385(b) does not give rise to negligence per se where worker's own negligent act violated statute. |
Torts |
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Aug. 5, 2008 | |
B201195
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Gehr v. Baker Hughes Oil Field Operations Inc.
Plaintiff may not recover interest rate differential damages for contamination of property under continuing nuisance theory. |
Torts |
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Aug. 1, 2008 | |
05-35648
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Phillips v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
Plutonium producers who helped make atomic bomb are not entitled to immunity under government contractor defense for liability arising from radioiodine exposure. |
Torts |
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Jul. 31, 2008 | |
06-16726
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Twardowski v. American Airlines Inc.
Plaintiffs' claims under Article 17 of Warsaw Convention fail where they allege failure to warn of in-flight deep vein thrombosis. |
Torts |
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Jul. 31, 2008 | |
06-56410
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Clemens v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
Breach of express warranty claim cannot survive where repairs are made after warranty period, regardless of manufacturer's knowledge of defect at sale. |
Torts |
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Jul. 25, 2008 | |
F050528
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Garcia v. Paramount Citrus Association Inc.
Landowner owes no duty to plaintiff injured in intersection collision near groves. |
Torts |
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Jul. 22, 2008 | |
B196916
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Monroy v. City of Los Angeles
Court errs in advising jury of emergency vehicle driver's exemption from Vehicle Code where instructions conflict with speeding police officers' explicit admissions. |
Torts |
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Jul. 21, 2008 | |
B197576
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Mora v. Hollywood Bed & Spring
Employee who cannot prove employer failed to install point of operation guard is not entitled to damages for personal injury. |
Torts |
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Jul. 16, 2008 | |
E040627
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McCarty v. State of California Department of Transportation
Public entity may be held liable under retained control doctrine where employee's injury is proximately caused by tortious act of independent contractor. |
Torts |
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Jul. 14, 2008 | |
B194078
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Cohen v. NuVasive Inc.
Purchaser of human remains can be liable for inducing seller to act in manner resulting in foreseeable emotional injury to donor's family. |
Torts |
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Jul. 11, 2008 | |
06-35619
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Hensley v. United States
Two year statute of limitations bars Federal Tort Claims Act suit where claim accrued at collision and ignorance of federal employment is irrelevant. |
Torts |
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Jul. 10, 2008 | |
04-56721
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Pesnell v. Arsenault
Constitutional claims are not necessarily foreclosed by statutory bar of Federal Tort Claims Act. |
Torts |
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Jul. 2, 2008 | |
05-17334
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Mangano v. United States
Civil Service Reform Act preempts claims brought under Federal Tort Claims Act even where plaintiff is part-time Veteran's Administration physician. |
Torts |
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Jul. 2, 2008 | |
B196916
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Monroy v. City of Los Angeles
Court errs in advising jury of emergency vehicle driver's exemption from Vehicle Code where instructions conflict with speeding police officers' explicit admissions. |
Torts |
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Jun. 27, 2008 | |
G038478
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Olsen v. Reid
Award to compensate for costs 'written off' or paid for by plaintiff's providers cannot be reduced absent clear evidence. |
Torts |
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Jun. 27, 2008 | |
06-56410
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Clemens v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
Breach of express warranty claim cannot survive where repairs are made after warranty period, regardless of manufacturer's knowledge of defect at sale. |
Torts |
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Jun. 20, 2008 | |
G038555
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Paterno v. Superior Court (Ampersand Publishing)
Plaintiff who fails to show provably false assertions in defamation action does not establish requisite 'good cause' for discovery concerning actual malice. |
Torts |
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Jun. 17, 2008 | |
C051930
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Bowen v. Ryan
Testimony of children describing incidents where dentist hit them is excluded as improper character evidence where plaintiff attempted to establish common plan. |
Torts |
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Jun. 9, 2008 | |
F052530
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Montegani v. Johnson
Court properly reconsiders and reverses order finding no violation of 'no contest' clause after finding that decree is interlocutory. |
Torts |
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May 29, 2008 | |
C054718
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American Board of Cosmetic Surgery v. Medical Board of California
Medical Board of California does not abuse discretion by denying plaintiff's application for specialty approval to advertise in 'Cosmetic Surgery.' |
Torts |
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May 27, 2008 | |
B192342
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SC Manufactured Homes Inc. v. Liebert
Plaintiff fails to show that mobile park and numerous dealers were involved in illegal tying arrangement. |
Torts |
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May 21, 2008 | |
D049934
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Ericson v. Federal Express Corp.
Violent assault in parking lot is not reasonably foreseeable by employer when prior incidents cannot be categorized as threatening or intimidating. |
Torts |
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May 15, 2008 | |
D051144
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Evans v. Evans
Husband's preliminary injunction against ex-wife is improperly granted where it is overbroad and constitutes invalid prior restraint before trial. |
Torts |
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May 14, 2008 | |
06-56521
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Family Home and Finance Center Inc. v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Summary judgment is properly granted for defendant where there is no admissible evidence of interference with plaintiff's contract. |
Torts |
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May 8, 2008 | |
H029980
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Blickman Turkus v. MF Downtown Sunnyvale
Lessee's agent did not have contractual duty to disclose lessee's financial difficulties to lessor, who was not client of agent. |
Torts |
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May 2, 2008 | |
05-36221
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Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service is not required to release identities of agency personnel who responded to wildfire that killed two employees. |
Torts |
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May 2, 2008 | |
B197706
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Tan v. Arnel Management Co.
Prior similar incidents of violence in ungated parking area of apartment complex impose duty of care on property owners. |
Torts |
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May 1, 2008 | |
B191118
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Kaplan v. Mamelak
Plaintiff should have been allowed to use discovery methods to show why notice of intent to sue for medical malpractice was untimely served. |
Torts |
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May 1, 2008 |