The Court found that a father providing financial support to his adult son was not liable for the death of the son’s girlfriend due to an overdose of drugs supplied by the son. 5 7
Cases of Interest
Where an employer requires employees to undergo mandatory exit searches of bags and technology devices brought to work purely for personal convenience, this time is compensable.
Joint, unapportioned 998 to multiple defendants (one of whom had been previously dismissed) was invalid and did not shift expert witness fees and costs. Parties’ agreements to split costs precluded prevailing party from later recovering those costs after trial.
Proposition 51 requires a judgment for non-economic damages be allocated in proportion to the fault of each tortfeasor, regardless of whether each tort was negligent or intentional.
The Court found that Webcor could not show there was a prejudicial error from the alleged jury instruction error.