Tag: California

Apr 25, 2022

California High Court May Take Another Look at Employer’s Liability for COVID-19 Contracted by Employee’s Family Member

In an important case that may define—at least in California—an employer’s responsibility for injuries sustained when an employee’s family member contracts COVID-19 as a result of an infection that is...

California High Court May Take Another Look at Employer’s Liability for COVID-19 Contracted by Employee’s Family Member California High Court May Take Another Look at Employer’s Liability for COVID-19 Contracted by Employee’s Family Member
Apr 4, 2022

Going and Coming Rule Bars Tort Action Filed Against CA Employer

A California appellate court recently affirmed a state trial court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of a security guard services company that had been sued following a motor vehicle...

Going and Coming Rule Bars Tort Action Filed Against CA Employer Going and Coming Rule Bars Tort Action Filed Against CA Employer
Jan 13, 2022

Opinion Mondays: Is California’s “Posse Law” Passe?

In a case involving an utterly bizarre fact pattern, as well as a legal battle stretching out over the bulk of a decade, the Supreme Court of California, in a 5-2 decision, held that a civil action for negligence and misrepresentation filed by two private citizens against...

Opinion Mondays: Is California’s “Posse Law” Passe? Opinion Mondays: Is California’s “Posse Law” Passe?
May 3, 2021

Split 9th Circuit Panel Overturns Injunction Favoring Golden State Truckers

Panel Says District Court Abused Discretion Last Wednesday, in California Trucking Ass’n v. Bonta, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 12629 (9th Cir., Apr. 28, 2021), a divided panel of the Ninth...

Split 9th Circuit Panel Overturns Injunction Favoring Golden State Truckers Split 9th Circuit Panel Overturns Injunction Favoring Golden State Truckers
Jan 21, 2021

California Supreme Court Says Dynamex Should be Applied Retroactively

In Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc., 2021 Cal. LEXIS 1 (Jan. 14, 2021), the Supreme Court of California held its earlier Dynamex decision [Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior...

California Supreme Court Says Dynamex Should be Applied Retroactively California Supreme Court Says Dynamex Should be Applied Retroactively