In Koussaya v. City of Stockton, published September 21, 2020, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment in favor of the defendant city and defendant police officers. The plaintiff was a teller in a bank robbed at gunpoint. Police officers confronted the robbers at the bank. The robbers took the plaintiff and two others…
In Bingener v. City of Los Angeles, ordered published January 9, 2020, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 3 affirmed summary judgment for the defendant city in a personal injury suit. A city employee who worked in a lab, seldom left the lab, and never used his personal vehicle for work-related travel, struck a pedestrian…
In Yee v. Superior Court (Thrivent Financial for Lutherans), published January 8, 2019, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 2 issued a writ directing the trial court to grant a motion for judgment on the pleadings. The State Controller's Office initiated an audit of the real party insurance company's records. The insurance company and Controller's Office filed…
In Newland v. County of Los Angeles, published June 18, 2018, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 5 reversed denial of a defense motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in an auto accident case. The driver was a county public defender who worked in the Norwalk courthouse, and commuted from Long Beach. He needed his…