19 Cited authorities

Johnson v. State
69 Cal.2d 782 (Cal. 1968) Cited 475 times
Holding that, while a decision to parole is a basic policy decision, a parole officer’s subsequent decision as to what warnings to give to foster parents was "a determination at the lowest, ministerial rung of official action" and not entitled to immunity
Haggis v. City of Los Angeles
22 Cal.4th 490 (Cal. 2000) Cited 153 times
Stating that the four causes of action brought by the plaintiff were for breach of mandatory duties pursuant to § 815.6
Guzman v. County of Monterey
46 Cal.4th 887 (Cal. 2009) Cited 109 times
Finding no liability under the Safe Drinking Water Act based on an implied duty to notify customers, where the only directive imposed by the statute was a duty to review a water system's monitoring reports
De Villers v. County of San Diego
156 Cal.App.4th 238 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007) Cited 114 times 1 Legal Analyses
Finding "no relevant case law approving a claim for direct liability based on a public entity's allegedly negligent hiring and supervision practices"
Morris v. County of Marin
18 Cal.3d 901 (Cal. 1977) Cited 229 times
Discussing the difference between “mandatory” and “discretionary” acts for public entities, and contrasting the liability with public employees, which were made to be liable similarly to private persons
Landeros v. Flood
17 Cal.3d 399 (Cal. 1976) Cited 215 times
Holding a violation of the statute's mandate to report may constitute negligence per se
Superior Court v. County of Mendocino
13 Cal.4th 45 (Cal. 1996) Cited 111 times
Upholding facial validity of a statutory designation of one or more unpaid furlough days on which trial courts shall not be in session, because the statute would not necessarily defeat or materially impair a court's fulfillment of its constitutional duties
Creason v. State Department of Health Services
18 Cal.4th 623 (Cal. 1998) Cited 65 times
Holding Dept. of Health Services had substantial discretion to formulate and report appropriate testing standards for hypothyroidism
Alejo v. City of Alhambra
75 Cal.App.4th 1180 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999) Cited 62 times 1 Legal Analyses
Finding that where the defendant officer failed to investigate or cross-report allegations of child abuse, the plaintiffs were entitled to prove by expert testimony that a reasonably prudent social worker would have responded to reported child abuse in a way that would have prevented subsequent injuries
Ortega v. Sacramento County Dept. of Health & Human Services
161 Cal.App.4th 713 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) Cited 30 times
Finding that § 820.2 immunity applied to claims based on social workers' alleged failure to gather the pertinent facts before releasing child to her father, who then stabbed child in the heart and lung

STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS v. S.C. (NOVOA)

19 Cited authorities

Holding that, while a decision to parole is a basic policy decision, a parole officer’s subsequent decision as to what warnings to give to foster parents was "a determination at the lowest, ministerial rung of official action" and not entitled to immunity

Stating that the four causes of action brought by the plaintiff were for breach of mandatory duties pursuant to § 815.6

Finding no liability under the Safe Drinking Water Act based on an implied duty to notify customers, where the only directive imposed by the statute was a duty to review a water system's monitoring reports

Finding "no relevant case law approving a claim for direct liability based on a public entity's allegedly negligent hiring and supervision practices"

Discussing the difference between “mandatory” and “discretionary” acts for public entities, and contrasting the liability with public employees, which were made to be liable similarly to private persons

Holding a violation of the statute's mandate to report may constitute negligence per se

Upholding facial validity of a statutory designation of one or more unpaid furlough days on which trial courts shall not be in session, because the statute would not necessarily defeat or materially impair a court's fulfillment of its constitutional duties

Holding Dept. of Health Services had substantial discretion to formulate and report appropriate testing standards for hypothyroidism

Finding that § 820.2 immunity applied to claims based on social workers' alleged failure to gather the pertinent facts before releasing child to her father, who then stabbed child in the heart and lung