29 Cited authorities

Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
25 Cal.4th 826 (Cal. 2001) Cited 4,840 times 2 Legal Analyses
Concluding that the gathering and dissemination of pricing information by the petroleum companies through an independent industry service did not imply collusive action where there was no evidence the information was misused as a basis for an unlawful conspiracy; rather, evidence suggested that individual companies used all available resources “to determine capacity, supply, and pricing decisions which would maximize their own individual profits”
Reid v. Google, Inc.
50 Cal.4th 512 (Cal. 2010) Cited 1,085 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that a high degree of foreseeability is required to impose a duty to hire security guards and that “the requisite degree of foreseeability rarely, if ever, can be proven in the absence of prior similar incidents of violent crime on the landowner's premises”
Merrill v. Navegar, Inc.
26 Cal.4th 465 (Cal. 2001) Cited 1,230 times 2 Legal Analyses
Restating the same criteria for exceptions from the rule set forth in section 1714
Zelig v. County of Los Angeles
27 Cal.4th 1112 (Cal. 2002) Cited 955 times 2 Legal Analyses
Finding public entity could not be liable under respondeat superior because the plaintiff had failed to allege that the public employees were engaged in conduct within the scope of employment that would render the public employee liable to the plaintiff
Nazir v. United Airlines, Inc.
178 Cal.App.4th 243 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009) Cited 400 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that all materials submitted by plaintiff to DFEH, including two intake questionnaires, may be considered for purposes of determining whether plaintiff had exhausted his administrative remedies
Cabral v. Ralphs Grocery Co.
51 Cal.4th 764 (Cal. 2011) Cited 244 times 4 Legal Analyses
Rejecting claimed exception to duty of care for stopping alongside a freeway
Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. v. Sup. Ct., Los Angeles Cty
18 Cal.4th 1 (Cal. 1998) Cited 317 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that "there is no tort remedy for the intentional spoliation of evidence by a party to the cause of action to which the spoliated evidence is relevant, in cases in which, as here, the spoliation victim knows or should have known of the alleged spoliation before the trial or other decision on the merits of the underlying action."
Neal v. Farmers Ins. Exchange
21 Cal.3d 910 (Cal. 1978) Cited 508 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that jury appropriately found bad faith even though "some of evidence was to the effect that Farmers did no more here than assert its legal position reasonably and in good faith"
Miranda v. Bomel Construction Co., Inc.
187 Cal.App.4th 1326 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010) Cited 130 times 3 Legal Analyses
In Miranda, defendant Bomel, a construction company, excavated approximately 1,600 cubic yards of dirt from an area in Southern California, and deposited it in a vacant lot 10-15 feet from Miranda's locksmith shop.
Brown v. Poway Unified School Dist.
4 Cal.4th 820 (Cal. 1993) Cited 168 times
Stating that for res ipsa loquitor to apply the accident must have been caused "by an agency or instrumentality within the exclusive control of the defendant"

CORDOVA v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

29 Cited authorities

Holding that a high degree of foreseeability is required to impose a duty to hire security guards and that “the requisite degree of foreseeability rarely, if ever, can be proven in the absence of prior similar incidents of violent crime on the landowner's premises”

Restating the same criteria for exceptions from the rule set forth in section 1714

Finding public entity could not be liable under respondeat superior because the plaintiff had failed to allege that the public employees were engaged in conduct within the scope of employment that would render the public employee liable to the plaintiff

Holding that all materials submitted by plaintiff to DFEH, including two intake questionnaires, may be considered for purposes of determining whether plaintiff had exhausted his administrative remedies

Rejecting claimed exception to duty of care for stopping alongside a freeway

Holding that jury appropriately found bad faith even though "some of evidence was to the effect that Farmers did no more here than assert its legal position reasonably and in good faith"

In Miranda, defendant Bomel, a construction company, excavated approximately 1,600 cubic yards of dirt from an area in Southern California, and deposited it in a vacant lot 10-15 feet from Miranda's locksmith shop.

Stating that for res ipsa loquitor to apply the accident must have been caused "by an agency or instrumentality within the exclusive control of the defendant"