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title: Premises Liability
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Premises Liability, from the Subject Matter Index.
---

## [Dangerous conditions of public property](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-november/dangerous-conditions-of-public-property-2 "Dangerous conditions of public property")

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

[Garo Mardirossian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/garo-mardirossian "Garo Mardirossian")

From Issue: [2018 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-november)

## [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")

From Issue: [2020 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october)

## [Appellate Review](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-may/appellate-review-3 "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2022 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-may)

## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/appellate-report-5 "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2022 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december)

## [Appellate Briefs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february/appellate-briefs-2 "Appellate Briefs")

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

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2024 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february)

## [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")

From Issue: [2022 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march)

## [Collecting the pieces of the premises-liability puzzle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-november/collecting-the-pieces-of-the-premises-liability-puzzle "Collecting the pieces of the premises-liability puzzle")

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

[Alexis Domb](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alexis-domb "Alexis Domb")
[Ibiere N. Seck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ibiere-n-seck "Ibiere N. Seck")

From Issue: [2017 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-november)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-june/appellate-reports-50 "Appellate Reports")

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

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2024 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-june)

## [Appellate Briefs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january/appellate-briefs "Appellate Briefs")

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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2024 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january)

[![An update on the [[case]]Privette[[/case]] Doctrine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Ruby-istock-1256153526_60b0c37703a844cf3c1db41e5c7e7bde.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/an-update-on-the-case-privette-case-doctrine "An update on the [[case]]Privette[[/case]] Doctrine")

## [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")

From Issue: [2022 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march)