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Murphy v. City of Petaluma
Paramedics did not assume a duty of care to provide a plaintiff with medical assistance she repeatedly declined. 		Torts 1DCA/1 Nov. 27, 2024
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 3DCA Nov. 27, 2024
Juarez v. San Bernardino City Unified School District
School district was liable for actions an off-duty school district officer took where he identified himself as an officer and exercised his authority to demand that plaintiff turn over a found cell phone. 		Torts 4DCA/1 Nov. 26, 2024
Smith v. Magic Mountain LLC
Plaintiff was not entitled to jury instructions regarding common carriers' heightened duty of care because the evidence showed she had not yet placed herself in the amusement park's control. 		Torts 2DCA/2 Nov. 25, 2024
Gonzalez v. Interstate Cleaning Corp.
A mall that complied with rigorous, regular maintenance procedures lacked constructive notice of a dangerous condition--a spilled pile of oranges on the floor. 		Torts 4DCA/2 Nov. 25, 2024
McCurdy v. County of Riverside
After a successful habeas petition, petitioner's claim against County was subject to 6-month presentation window for tort claims. 		Government, Torts 4DCA/1 Nov. 22, 2024
Maksimow v. City of South Lake Tahoe
The City of South Lake Tahoe did not have notice of the dangerous icy condition of a parking lot and therefore could not be found liable for plaintiff's injuries. 		Torts 3DCA Nov. 6, 2024
Watts v. Pneumo Abex
Trial court erred in directing verdict against brake manufacturer's sophisticated user defense as substantial evidence plainly demonstrated that plaintiff, an automotive shop operator, was aware of the asbestos risk. 		Torts 1DCA/2 Oct. 31, 2024
Casun Invest, A.G. v. Ponder
District court did not err in applying Nevada's four-year statute of limitations to unjust enrichment claim concerning a California property and a Nevada LLC. 		Civil Procedure, Torts 9th Oct. 16, 2024
Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Superior Court (Abrams)
Landowner did not have a duty to remove tree or otherwise take protective measures to protect drivers who veered off the highway from the tree's alleged dangerous condition. 		Torts 5DCA Oct. 9, 2024
Kim v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
Uber was not liable for driver who logged off from the Uber driver app and struck a pedestrian minutes later. 		Employment Law, Torts 2DCA/8 Sep. 24, 2024
McCurry v. Singh
Physician had no duty of care when his overall actions did not establish a physician-patient relationship with decedent. 		Torts, Health Care 3DCA Sep. 12, 2024
Lynch v. Peter & Associates
Despite having no contract with homeowner, geotechnical inspection company owed homeowner a duty of care to perform with skill expected of professional in its position. 		Business Law, Torts 4DCA/3 Sep. 12, 2024
Huntsman-West Foundation v. Smith
Trial court properly granted summary judgment for defendant, who had no control over premises on which plaintiffs' property was stored and eventually lost. 		Torts, Evidence 4DCA/2 Sep. 10, 2024
Rattagan v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
A plaintiff may assert a fraudulent concealment claim arising from the performance of a contract if the elements of the claim can be established independently and the tortious conduct exposes plaintiff to a risk of harm beyond the parties' reasonable contemplation. 		Torts, Contracts CASC Aug. 23, 2024
Ratha v. Rubicon Resources LLC
The Abolish Trafficking Reauthorization Act does not apply to events that occurred before its enactment. 		Civil Procedure, Torts 9th Aug. 1, 2024
Downey v. City of Riverside
Plaintiffs asserting bystander emotional distress claims are not required to show contemporaneous perception of the causal link between defendant's conduct and victim's injuries. 		Torts CASC Jul. 23, 2024
Bowen v. Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. Inc.
Trial properly granted summary judgment where independent contractor raised no triable issue as to whether hirer affirmatively contributed to his injury. 		Torts 1DCA/1 Jul. 17, 2024
Modification: CBRE v. Superior Court (Johnson)
In a *Privette* delegation analysis, trial court erred by focusing on the timing of the execution of the contract, rather than the delegation implicit in turning over control of the work site. 		Torts 4DCA/1 Jul. 2, 2024
Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon
The presence of probable cause for one charge did not categorically defeat a Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim for an additional charge. 		Torts USSC Jun. 21, 2024
Gonzalez v. Trevino
The existence of probable cause does not defeat a plaintiff's claim for retaliatory arrest if evidence of a lack of arrests under the prohibition is produced. 		Torts USSC Jun. 21, 2024
Himes v. Somatics, LLC
Under the learned intermediary doctrine, a patient may establish causation in a failure-to-warn case where a prudent person would have declined the treatment had the physician communicated the stronger warning. 		Torts CASC Jun. 21, 2024
Chavez v. Alco Harvesting, LLC
Plaintiff properly pleaded that defendant fraudulently concealed, and exposed its employees to, COVID-19 outbreak. 		Torts 2DCA/6 Jun. 18, 2024
Audish v. Macias
Trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting limited evidence about plaintiff's future eligibility for Medicare and expected amounts Medicare might pay for future medical services. 		Evidence, Torts 4DCA/1 Jun. 10, 2024
CBRE v. Superior Court (Johnson)
In a *Privette* delegation analysis, trial court erred by focusing on the timing of the execution of the contract, rather than the delegation implicit in turning over control of the work site. 		Torts 4DCA/1 Jun. 6, 2024
A.L. v. Harbor Developmental Disabilities Foundation
Regional Center had no duty to protect disabled individual from sexual assault by third-party vendor employee where employee had no previous history of questionable behavior. 		Torts 2DCA/2 Jun. 3, 2024
San Antonio Regional Hospital v. Superior Court (Musharbash)
Proffered declaration of nurse anesthetist was insufficient to demonstrate triable issue of fact regarding standard of care for a medical context outside her area of expertise. 		Health Care, Torts 4DCA/2 May 30, 2024
Jane Doe v. Fitzgerald
A mandatory stay for a civil action under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act does not require the defendant be named in the corresponding criminal action. 		Torts, Criminal Law and Procedure 9th May 28, 2024
Williams v. J-M Manufacturing Company
In an asbestos secondary exposure case, limitation on bystander liability in negligence cases did not apply in strict products liability context where focus was on foreseeability of use, rather than duty of care. 		Torts 1DCA/2 May 24, 2024
Shikha v. Lyft, Inc.
Lyft's legal duty to its drivers does not extend to conducting criminal background checks on all riders seeking to use the service. 		Torts 2DCA/3 May 21, 2024
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