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Articles in this issue:

What a difference a month makes

Jury trials are back in Los Angeles


Cold doesn’t have a color

The extraordinary story of one OCTLA member


Insurance reform is CAOC legislative priority for 2022

Raising minimum insurance limits and ending the stacking of UIM benefits


Big progress on ending forced arbitration

Senate Bill S.2342 wins bipartisan support, Biden expected to sign


Appellate Reports

Cal Supreme Court addresses whistleblowing and consequent adverse employment actions; also, Court looks at extortion by settlement demand under [[case]]Flatley v. Mauro[[/case]]


If a picture is worth a thousand words, a surveillance video is priceless

Obtaining surveillance videos of premises-liability incidents


The buck stops here!

Understanding a landowner’s nondelegable duty as distinguished from that of a tenant or maintenance company


Take me out to the ballgame

Sports-venue liability for spectator injuries – from lacrosse to baseball to track and field


An update on the [[case]]Privette[[/case]] Doctrine

Analyzing two recent California Supreme Court cases on this doctrine at the intersection of Workers’ Comp vs. third-party liability


Trees: A primer on how to beat the “Act of God” defense

How to overcome the “Act of God” defense when storms topple trees


Common issues and defenses in premises-liability cases

A look at common defenses and the difficulties of making a case for spoliation of evidence


Does MICRA apply to that fall in the doctor’s office?

[[case]]Flores[[/case]] and its progeny and their impact on whether MICRA controls your case or it proceeds as a premises-liability action


Securing success in sidewalk suits

Using a government entity’s own inspection and reporting systems to establish notice of the dangerous condition


Admitting subsequent repairs into evidence

Understanding and combating the subsequent-remedial-measures-evidence exclusion in a premises case


Don’t trip over these common premises-liability defenses

How to overcome “open and obvious” and “trivial defect” on motions and at trial


Needle in the haystack

Unearthing constructive notice in your premises-liability case