Cases of Interest
Whitehead v. City of Oakland 2024 DJDAR 1290
Plaintiff’s execution of a release to participate in a bicycle fundraiser which included a provision releasing liability arising out of roadway maintenance and ownership was valid and enforceable because the fundraiser was a nonessential sports activity that did not affect the public interest.
READ MORENicoletti v. Kest (2023) 97 Cal.App.5th 140 Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 8, California
Apartment complex owner did not owe a duty to injured woman since running rainwater on a concrete driveway was an obvious dangerous condition.
READ MOREGarner v. BNSF Railway Co. 2023 DJDAR 211
In a FELA action, exclusion of causation expert testimony regarding diesel exhaust exposure and a specific type of cancer on the grounds that it was unsupported by any specific study due to a lack of scientific research in the area was improper.
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