Cases of Interest

Under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, regional centers have no duty to protect the employees of a residential facility from a developmentally disabled person. The regional center’s duty is to provide services and support to the developmentally disabled person, not to protect third-party employees at a residential facility.

A trial court may consider an attorney’s pervasive incivility in determining the reasonableness of the requested fees, and may apply, in its discretion, a positive or negative multiplier to adjust the lodestar calculation

Under the premise line rule, workers’ compensation was the exclusive remedy for university employee who was injured on campus while riding her bike home from work.

Trial court erred in determining, as a matter of law, that all video footage from a police drone program was exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act.

The Civil Discovery Act is not a substitute for the Public Records Act, nor an expansion of the information the Public Records Act entitles the public to demand of a public agency.  A public entity was not required to produce explanatory information in response to Public Records Act requests.