Premises Liability

Dangerous conditions of public property

Dodging the immunities and deadlines is the trick with a government tort claim

From Issue: 2018 November

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

From Issue: 2020 October

Appellate Review

Arbitration agreements in health-care settings; also, the “baseball rule” on assumption of the risk; legal malpractice, causation and anti-SLAPP

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2022 May

Appellate Report

Court refines the trivial defect doctrine, rejects strict tape measure approach to determine whether a sidewalk defect is trivial. Also, 998 offers and peremptory challenges

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2022 December

Appellate Briefs

MICRA and ambulances involved in auto accidents; also, PAGA waivers, the trivial-defect doctrine

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2024 February

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

From Issue: 2022 March

Collecting the pieces of the premises-liability puzzle

Initiate a powerful plan of attack for investigation and discovery from the get-go

Alexis Domb
Ibiere N. Seck

From Issue: 2017 November

Appellate Reports

Relief from waiver of jury trial; also Labor Code and pay stubs, hotels and premises liability

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2024 June

Contractors hired by DOD and removal of their complaints to federal court. Also, premises liability and the negligent undertaking theory; and, reduction of attorney fees based on incivility of counsel

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2024 January

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
Gissela Arrincon-Tepeli

From Issue: 2022 March