--- title: 2022 March url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march --- # [2022 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march "2022 March") [![Advocate Mar22 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2022/03-march/Advocate-Mar22-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2022/March2022/html5/Advocate-Mar22-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [What a difference a month makes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/what-a-difference-a-month-makes "What a difference a month makes") Jury trials are back in Los Angeles [Douglas N. Silverstein](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-n-silverstein "Douglas N. Silverstein") ## [Cold doesn’t have a color](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/cold-doesn-t-have-a-color "Cold doesn’t have a color") The extraordinary story of one OCTLA member [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") ## [Insurance reform is CAOC legislative priority for 2022](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/insurance-reform-is-caoc-legislative-priority-for-2022 "Insurance reform is CAOC legislative priority for 2022") Raising minimum insurance limits and ending the stacking of UIM benefits [Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini") ## [Big progress on ending forced arbitration](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/big-progress-on-ending-forced-arbitration "Big progress on ending forced arbitration") Senate Bill S.2342 wins bipartisan support, Biden expected to sign [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/appellate-reports-45 "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]] [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [If a picture is worth a thousand words, a surveillance video is priceless](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/if-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-a-surveillance-video-is-priceless "If a picture is worth a thousand words, a surveillance video is priceless") Obtaining surveillance videos of premises-liability incidents ## [The buck stops here!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/the-buck-stops-here "The buck stops here!") Understanding a landowner’s nondelegable duty as distinguished from that of a tenant or maintenance company [Gene Sullivan](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gene-sullivan "Gene Sullivan") ## [Take me out to the ballgame](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame "Take me out to the ballgame") Sports-venue liability for spectator injuries – from lacrosse to baseball to track and field [Sanford Gage](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sanford-gage "Sanford Gage") ## [An update on the [[case]]Privette[[/case]] Doctrine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/an-update-on-the-case-privette-case-doctrine "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 [Emily Ruby](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/emily-ruby "Emily Ruby") [Gissela Arrincon-Tepeli](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gissela-arrincon-tepeli "Gissela Arrincon-Tepeli") ## [Trees: A primer on how to beat the “Act of God” defense](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/trees-a-primer-on-how-to-beat-the-act-of-god-defense "Trees: A primer on how to beat the “Act of God” defense") How to overcome the “Act of God” defense when storms topple trees [Ivan Puchalt](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ivan-puchalt "Ivan Puchalt") ## [Common issues and defenses in premises-liability cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/common-issues-and-defenses-in-premises-liability-cases "Common issues and defenses in premises-liability cases") A look at common defenses and the difficulties of making a case for spoliation of evidence [Mauro Fiore](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/mauro-fiore "Mauro Fiore") ## [Does MICRA apply to that fall in the doctor’s office?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/does-micra-apply-to-that-fall-in-the-doctor-s-office "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 [Benjamin Ikuta](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/benjamin-ikuta "Benjamin Ikuta") ## [Securing success in sidewalk suits](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/securing-success-in-sidewalk-suits "Securing success in sidewalk suits") Using a government entity’s own inspection and reporting systems to establish notice of the dangerous condition [Casey Hultin](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/casey-hultin "Casey Hultin") ## [Admitting subsequent repairs into evidence](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/admitting-subsequent-repairs-into-evidence "Admitting subsequent repairs into evidence") Understanding and combating the subsequent-remedial-measures-evidence exclusion in a premises case [Jim Bulger](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jim-bulger-2 "Jim Bulger") [Jonathan Seber](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jonathan-seber "Jonathan Seber") ## [Don’t trip over these common premises-liability defenses](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/don-t-trip-over-these-common-premises-liability-defenses "Don’t trip over these common premises-liability defenses") How to overcome “open and obvious” and “trivial defect” on motions and at trial [Brandon Salumbides](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brandon-salumbides "Brandon Salumbides") [Dan Kramer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dan-kramer "Dan Kramer") [Teresa Johnson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/teresa-johnson "Teresa Johnson") ## [Needle in the haystack](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/needle-in-the-haystack "Needle in the haystack") Unearthing constructive notice in your premises-liability case [Ashley Laiken](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ashley-laiken "Ashley Laiken")