Torts – A church has no duty to warn about a member who is a child molester, but does have a duty to prevent the member from harming children during church-sponsored activities.
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Cases of Interest
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May
Plaintiff in a legal malpractice matter cannot circumvent mediation confidentiality by advancing inferences about former attorney’s supposed acts or omissions during underlying mediation.
Attorney’s Fee provision in lease agreement permitted the prevailing party to recover fees arising out of the homeowner’s tenancy.
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May
Employment – Evidence regarding Section 504(a) of the LMRDA acquired after an employer makes a decision subject to suit under the FEHA cannot bar an employee’s ability to establish a prima facie case for liability.
Civil Procedure – Advance payment of damages for medical malpractice injury tolls MICRA’s one-year (but not 3-year) statute of limitations.