Day of Rest Required by Labor Code Sections 551 is calculated by workweek rather than by any 7 consecutive days
Relation-back doctrine cannot save a cause of action if the original complaint fails to state facts sufficient to provide notice of the essential nature of the claim.
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Disqualification of law firm appropriate following firm’s violation of ethical obligations regarding use of inadvertently disclosed privileged email.
A supplier can discharge its duty to warn under the “sophisticated intermediary doctrine,” defense if it: 1) provides adequate warnings to the product’s immediate purchaser, or sells to a sufficiently sophisticated buyer, and 2) reasonably relies on the buyer to warn end-users about the harm.
In a strict products liability action, evidence of industry custom and practice may be admissible, depending on the nature of evidence and purpose for introducing such evidence.