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Prahl v. Allstate Northbrook Indemnity Co. Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District March 28, 2025, Opinion Filed C099904

Uninsured motorist arbitration is not an action under Code Civ. Proc., § 22, and Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.6, nor is it a special proceeding under Code Civ. Proc., § 23, in the absence of a judicial remedy.

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I.C. v. Compton Unified School District Cal. Ct. App., Jan. 15, 2025, No. B322148 California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 8.

“The standard of care imposed upon school personnel in carrying out this duty to supervise is identical to that required in the performance of their other duties. This uniform standard to which they are held is that degree of care which a person of ordinary prudence, charged with [comparable] duties, would exercise under the same circumstances.” C.A. v. William S. Hart Union High School Dist. (2012) 53 Cal.4th 861, 869.)

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Gee v. National Collegiate Athletic Association Cal. Ct. App., Dec. 24, 2024, No. B327691 California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 8.

The assumption of the risk doctrine applies to plaintiffs injured by an inherent risk of a sport, irrespective of whether the specific injury itself was inherent to the sport.

What is inherent is determined by the conduct or condition necessary to engage in the sport.

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