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Posted in Liability Law on May 18, 2015
Allen v. Liberman, (Third District, June 18, 2014) 227 Cal.App.4th 46, 173 Cal.Rptr.3d 463, 14 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6675, 2014 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7751 The parents of a 17-year old girl who was found dead from acute ethanol intoxication the morning after sleeping over at a girlfriend’s home, filed an action for wrongful death…
Posted in Liability Law,Personal Injury on August 6, 2014
Hall v. Aurora Loan Services LLC (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 1134, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 739 A real estate agent who fractured her leg when a stairway ladder broke while she was showing a house to prospective buyers, filed suit for personal injuries against the loan services company which owned the property, as well as the listing agents….
Posted in Liability Law,Personal Injury on July 28, 2014
Winn v. Pioneer Medical Group, Inc. (2013) 216 Cal. App. 4th 875, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 124 The heirs of an 83-year old woman who died of blood poisoning several months after two amputation surgeries due to gangrene, filed a complaint for elder abuse against a medical group and physicians who had been caring for her on…
Posted in Liability Law,Personal Injury on July 21, 2014
Rybicki v. Carlson, (Second District, May 22, 2013) 216 Cal. App.4th 758, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 660 A bicyclist who was injured when he was stuck by a drunk driving on the wrong side of the road, filed an action for personal injuries against the driver and her four female passengers. The plaintiff alleged that the five…
Posted in Liability Law on July 9, 2014
Pedeferri v. Seidner Enterprises (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th 359, 156 Cal.Rptr.3d 673 A highway patrolman who was paralyzed when he was struck by a vehicle while standing on the side of a freeway, filed suit against the driver of the vehicle as well as a motorsports dealership whose employees had loaded two dirt bikes into the…
Posted in Liability Law on November 11, 2012
“[A]ppellants’ attempt to rely on what the checker could infer based on the circumstances of [the] purchase is in effect an attempt to return to the type of forseeability analysis that our Legislature specifically rejected…”