Blank v. Kirwan

Holding that the standard for a failure to state a claim is whether "the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action"

Christensen v. Superior Court

Holding that defendants owed duty to close family members for whose benefit funeral services were intended to avoid mishandling decedent's remains

Rakestraw v. California Physicians' Service

Requiring party to "clearly and specifically set forth the ‘applicable substantive law’ and the legal basis for amendment, i.e., the elements of the cause of action and authority for it," and all specific factual allegations for the claim

Hayes v. County of San Diego

Holding that "state negligence law, which considers the totality of the circumstances surrounding any use of deadly force, is broader than federal Fourth Amendment law, which tends to focus more narrowly on the moment when deadly force is used"

Kesner v. Superior Court of Alameda Cnty.

Holding that employers and property owners owe members of a worker's household a duty to prevent take-home exposure to asbestos

Berkley v. Dowds

Holding that the statute "does not create a cause of action as such, but provides for attorney fees, costs and punitive damages under certain conditions"

Serrano v. Priest

Holding that the structure of the education funding system in California denied students equal protection

Melton v. Boustred

Holding property owner could not have reasonably foreseen assaults by third parties attending party owner publicized on internet

Daar v. Yellow Cab Co.

Using fluid recovery to benefit taxicab customers overcharged by defendant

Bockrath v. Aldrich Chemical Co.

Holding that in cases that require resolving "complicated . . . medical causation issues, the standard of proof ordinarily required is a reasonable medical probability based upon competent expert testimony that the defendant's conduct contributed to the plaintiff's injury"

Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system

Section 1714 - Responsibility injury occasioned by want of ordinary care or skill in management of property or person; firearms and ammunition not exempted

Requiring all persons to use ordinary care to prevent injuries as the result of their conduct

Section 430.10 - Grounds for objection by party against whom complaint or cross-complaint filed

Explaining "[t]he party against whom a complaint ... has been filed may object, by demurrer ..., to the pleading" on the basis that "[t]he pleading does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action"

Section 430.30 - Objection taken by demurrer; by answer

Authorizing demurrer to a complaint when the ground for objection appears on the face of the pleading or from any matter of which the court is required to or may take judicial notice

Section 430.50 - Demurrer to whole complaint or any cause of action stated; demurrer to whole answer or to any defenses set up