--- title: 2020 October url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october --- # [2020 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october "2020 October") [![Advocate Oct20 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2020/10-october/Advocate-Oct20-cvr-ezine.jpg)](http://onlinedigitaleditions.com/advocate/archive/web-10-2020/html5) Articles in this issue: ## [Exclusive remedy? Not today!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/exclusive-remedy-not-today "Exclusive remedy? Not today!") Unlicensed contractors and their workers – an exception to the exclusive- remedy rule. A look at how it applies to both businesses and homeowners [Nadine Ninva Khedry](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nadine-ninva-khedry "Nadine Ninva Khedry") [Spencer Lucas](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/spencer-lucas "Spencer Lucas") ## [Premises accountability](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/premises-accountability "Premises accountability") Some common issues and defenses encountered in premises-liability cases [Arash Homampour](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arash-homampour "Arash Homampour") [Jeanette Viau](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeanette-viau "Jeanette Viau") ## [Color by color, paint the jury a picture in opening](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/color-by-color-paint-the-jury-a-picture-in-opening "Color by color, paint the jury a picture in opening") Watch the defense struggle when they realize from your opening that this trial is not “like every other routine slip and fall” [Keith Bruno](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/keith-bruno "Keith Bruno") ## [Premises-liability cases at construction sites hinge on [[case]]Privette[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/premises-liability-cases-at-construction-sites-hinge-on-case-privette-case "Premises-liability cases at construction sites hinge on [[case]]Privette[[/case]]") Construction sites are dangerous for workers and [[case]]Privette[[/case]] defenses make the law dangerous for injured plaintiffs [Byron J. Abron (B.J.)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/byron-j-abron-b-j "Byron J. Abron (B.J.)") ## [The construction-site case from complaint through discovery](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/the-construction-site-case-from-complaint-through-discovery "The construction-site case from complaint through discovery") A look at what it takes to get your construction-site premises-liability case to trial [Dan Kramer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dan-kramer "Dan Kramer") [Teresa Johnson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/teresa-johnson "Teresa Johnson") ## [The good, the bad and the ugly in premises liability](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-in-premises-liability "The good, the bad and the ugly in premises liability") Confessions of former premises-defense attorneys: We plan to make your life difficult and expensive [Chelsee Sachs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/chelsee-sachs "Chelsee Sachs") [Steve Rosen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steve-rosen "Steve Rosen") ## [The common pitfalls of a slip-and-fall case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/the-common-pitfalls-of-a-slip-and-fall-case "The common pitfalls of a slip-and-fall case") Recent premises-liability verdict against Ralphs Grocery Store showcases ways to defeat defense tactics [Gene Sullivan](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gene-sullivan "Gene Sullivan") ## [Premises-liability voir dire](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/premises-liability-voir-dire "Premises-liability voir dire") Establishing connections with potential jurors to learn their attitudes towards slip-and-fall cases [Eric Bell](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eric-bell "Eric Bell") [Robert T. Simon](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-t-simon "Robert T. Simon") [Sophie Etemadi](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sophie-etemadi "Sophie Etemadi") ## [Is it med-mal or is it premises liability?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/is-it-med-mal-or-is-it-premises-liability "Is it med-mal or is it premises liability?") A fall in the hospital? Where does med-mal end and premises liability begin? [Gilbert Perez](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gilbert-perez "Gilbert Perez") [Mauro Fiore](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/mauro-fiore "Mauro Fiore") [Sergio Julian Puche](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sergio-julian-puche "Sergio Julian Puche") ## [Taking a premises-liability case to trial in Orange County](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/taking-a-premises-liability-case-to-trial-in-orange-county "Taking a premises-liability case to trial in Orange County") Verdict on slip and fall at gasoline pump demonstrates that jurors respond to common sense safety protocols [Olivier Taillieu](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/olivier-taillieu "Olivier Taillieu") ## [MSJ denied](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/msj-denied "MSJ denied") Using the defense’s burden as your roadmap to defeat MSJs in premises cases [Krystale Rosal](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/krystale-rosal "Krystale Rosal") ## [Bitten by bed bugs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/bitten-by-bed-bugs "Bitten by bed bugs") Niche practice exclusively represents bed-bug victims, largely for emotional distress [Brian Virag](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-virag "Brian Virag") ## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/appellate-reports-35 "Appellate Reports") A look at Prop 51, battery versus med mal, the sudden-emergency doctrine in auto accidents, and genuine-dispute doctrine in health insurance [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [The Election of 2020](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/the-election-of-2020 "The Election of 2020") Will He Go? Truth is stranger than fiction [Stuart Zanville](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stuart-zanville "Stuart Zanville") ## [AAJ defeats extreme tort reform proposal in Senate](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/aaj-defeats-extreme-tort-reform-proposal-in-senate "AAJ defeats extreme tort reform proposal in Senate") COVID-19 tort reform would have been a disaster for individual civil rights [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [Our pandemic legislative year](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/our-pandemic-legislative-year "Our pandemic legislative year") Bills we sent to the governor include SB1146 that will cement the use of e-service and remote video depositions [Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini") ## [Top Gun awards winners announced](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/top-gun-awards-winners-announced "Top Gun awards winners announced") Five top attorneys selected for the 2020 awards, ceremony will be broadcast virtually [Jonathan Dwork](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jonathan-dwork "Jonathan Dwork") ## [Embracing the new normal in sports and the practice of law](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/embracing-the-new-normal-in-sports-and-the-practice-of-law "Embracing the new normal in sports and the practice of law") As lawyers, we are skilled in adjusting our outlook, tactics and strategies to each case [Jeffrey A. Rudman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-a-rudman "Jeffrey A. Rudman")