In Sargenti v. City of Long Beach,https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B340275.PDF ,published May 15, 2026, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 7 affirmed summary judgment in favor of the defendant city. The plaintiff was riding a dockless scooter on city sidewalks. While attempting to move from the sidewalk to a bicycle lane in the street, the plaintiff hit…
In Pagan v. City of San Rafael, ordered published April 1, 2026, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 2 affirmed summary judgment in favor of the defendant city. The teenaged plaintiff was riding in a car driven by her teenaged friend on a rainy day when the car hydroplaned and on a curve.The driver…
In Yan v. City of Diamond Bar, published March 11, 2026, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 5 affirmed a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a case alleging Government Code section 835 liability for dangerous condition of public property. While the plaintiff was walking down a city sidewalk, a tree limb detached from…
In Bronshteyn v. Department of Consumer Affairs, published September 17, 2025 ,the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 8 affirmed an attorney fee award against the defendant department. The plaintiff, an employee of the department, sued the department under FEHA for failure to accommodate or engage in an interactive process, disability discrimination, and failure to…
In Kabat v. Department of Transportation, ordered published December 19, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 3 affirmed summary judgment for Caltrans. A bicyclist was riding or walking her bike across a non-signalized marked crosswalk that crossed a freeway onramp when a motorist hit and fatally injured her. There was a pedestrian crossing sign…
In Tekoh v. County of Los Angeles, published August 4, 2023, a divided panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a jury verdict. The plaintiff sued for an allegedly coerced confession. He originally appealed based on the district court instructing the jury that a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim could not be grounded in…
In Jane S.D. Doe v. Superior Court (Mountain View High School Dist.), published July 27, 2023, the California Supreme Court reversed a trial court decision denying a pretrial motion in limine. The plaintiff sued the district to recover for sexual abuse committed by her fourth-grade teacher in 2009-2010. There was evidence she was then…
In Getz v. Superior Court (County of El Dorado), published December 13, 2021, a divided panel of the Third District Court of Appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part a trial court decision denying writ relief in a California Public Records Act case. The petitioner requested from the real party county records between the county…
In Doe v. Superior Court (Mountain View School District), published October 29, 2021, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 2 denied a writ petition challenging a trial court's decision to allow the defendant school district to present evidence of a plaintiff student's past sexual abuse. The plaintiff sued the school district for allegedly negligently…
In Sandoval v. County of Los Angeles, published January 13, 2021, a divided panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment granted to the defendant county and three jail nurses in a lawsuit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. The plaintiff’s decedent overdosed on methamphetamine before arrest, swallowing the drug in an…