Update: the California Supreme Court granted review of this case on May 15, 2024. In Whitehead v. City of Oakland, published February 13, 2024, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 3 affirmed summary judgment for the defendant city. The plaintiff participated in a multi-day group bicycle ride fundraiser from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The…
In Nigel B. v. Burbank Unified School District, published July 3, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 5 reversed a jury verdict against the defendant school district and its physical education teacher. The plaintiff was an eighth grade student. Another student often bullied him. During a PE class, the plaintiff participated in a…
In Williams v. County of Sonoma, published September 28, 2020, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 5 affirmed a judgment against the defendant county after jury trial in a case alleging a dangerous condition of public property. The plaintiff biked down a hill on a county road, and encountered a pothole four feet long, three…
In Kim v. County of Monterey, published December 12, 2019, the Sixth District Court of Appeal, in a split decision, reversed summary judgment granted to the defendant county in a lawsuit based on dangerous condition liability. The county owns a raceway and co-manages it with a vendor. Professional racing standards require that racetracks maintain flat verges…
In Garcia v. American Golf Corp., published May 3, 2017, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 2 reversed summary judgment granted to a city in a personal injury lawsuit brought by a child hit by a golf ball and his mother. The mother was pushing the child in a stroller on a city-owned walkway…