In Romero v. County of Kern, published December 15, 2025, the Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed judgment on the pleadings granted to the defendant county. The plaintiff, a captain in the county fire department complained to the battalion chief and the deputy chief that the fire extinguishers on the county’s fire engines were being…
In Murphy v. City of Petaluma, published November 25, 2024, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 1 affirmed summary judgment in favor of the defendant city and two of its paramedics. The plaintiff was involved in a head-on collision. The defendant paramedics responded to the scene. They asked the plaintiff questions to determine her involvement…
In Perez v. City of Fresno, published April 15, 2024, a divided panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the defendant city, police officers, and paramedic. The sheriff’s office received a call of a man acting erratically, including sprinting through the street. City officers encountered the plaintiffs’ decedent before deputies…
In Wilson v. County of San Joaquin, published July 30, 2019, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment in favor of the defendant county. The plaintiffs' infant child, in critical condition, was transported from plaintiffs' house by private ambulance. Two City of Stockton firefighters rode in the ambulance and performed emergency medical procedures. The…
In Quigley v. Garden Valley Fire Protection District, published April 19, 2017, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed nonsuit in favor of the defendant district in a personal injury lawsuit brought by a firefighter. During the Silver Fire, the United States Forest Service set up a base camp at Plumas County Fairgrounds. It set up…