Identity of attorney’s non-testifying expert was not entitled to absolute work product protection because it would not reveal attorney’s impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal research or theories.
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Cases of Interest
The prevailing wage protections for public works are expanded to cover not only workers engaged in construction-related activities, as was historically the case, but also belt sorters at a recycling facility.
A commercial lessor is liable to its tenants for injuries sustained due to uninsulated, high-voltage power lines because such power lines are not open and obvious dangers; the Privette doctrine does not insulate landowners from liability.
Punitive damage award reversed because Plaintiff failed to establish that someone responsible for Defendant’s corporate policy had the requisite state of mind to support such an award
The California Supreme Court struck down an employer’s policy of rounding meal period punches. The Court further held noncompliant meal periods results in a rebuttable presumption of liability against the employer at the summary judgment stage.