Cases of Interest

A corporation that facilitates the sexual abuse of children by one of its employees is not excused from an affirmative duty to protect those children merely because it is solely owned by the perpetrator of abuse.

Under California’s Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act (Veh. Code, § 34600 et seq.), a commercial automobile insurance policy does not continue in full force and effect until the insurer cancels the corresponding Certificate of Insurance on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles, regardless of the insurance policy’s stated expiration date.

PAGA plaintiffs do not lose standing to litigate non-individual claims in court when the plaintiff’s individual claims are subject to arbitration.

The primary assumption of the risk doctrine does not apply when a student-plaintiff injures themselves during a PE touch football game because participation was mandatory.

Idaho District Court lacked personal jurisdiction over an English aerospace company in an action brought by plaintiffs from Louisiana and Indiana that stemmed from a plane crash in Indiana.