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.
Cases of Interest
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.
Attorney’s fee award upheld without apportionment based on causes of action because defendants failed to show Plaintiff’s unsuccessful causes of action warranted apportionment.
The Court of Appeal held that a plaintiff must prove that a reasonable accommodation was available at the time an interactive process should have been held by their employer.