Government Liability Update
Pollak, Vida & Barer's "Weblawg" of Important Developments in California Public Entity Tort Liability. Edited by Daniel P. Barer, Partner, Pollak, Vida & Barer
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Recent Posts
- Use of Lethal Force on Mentally Ill Man Who Pointed Replica Firearm at Police Was Reasonable
- In Federal Court, a Summary Judgment Motion Preserves Purely Legal Issues for Appeal; They Need Not Be Raised in a Post-Trial Motion
- Plaintiff's Statute of Limitations for Filing State Court Lawsuit against Public Entity Was Not Tolled by FRCP 60(b)(6) Motion
- Order to Public Employee under Investigation Not to Discuss Matter with Other Employees or Potential Witnesses Did Not Violate the Employee's First Amendment Rights
- Fifth District Court of Appeal Disagrees with Other Appellate Courts’ Approach to Determining Whether Sidewalk Defect Is Trivial
- Claim for Damages Stating Plaintiff Tripped on Uplifted Sidewalk Did Not Support Action for Tripping on Empty Tree Well
- Design Immunity Does Not Apply to Failure to Warn of Dangerous Condition of Which Entity Has Notice
- Mother Cannot Sue City for Bystander Emotional Distress based on Dangerous Condition Liability Absent Contemporaneous Awareness Property Condition Caused Accident
- Procedural Due Process Cause of Action for Denial of Convict's Request for DNA Testing Accrues when State Litigation Ends
- City Is Not Liable for Plaintiff Tripping over Negligently-Parked Dockless Scooter
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- Appealability (1)
- Assumption of the Risk (5)
- Attorney Fees (33)
- Attorney-Client Privilege (11)
- City Charters (4)
- Civil Procedure (135)
- Claim Procedure (81)
- Coastal Access (1)
- Common Carrier (1)
- Comparative fault (1)
- Conflict of interest (6)
- Contract (9)
- Current Affairs (17)
- Dangerous Conditions of Public Property (77)
- Defense and Indemnity (6)
- Development Impact Fees (1)
- Disabled Persons' Rights (37)
- Discovery (9)
- Due Process (43)
- Elections (4)
- Eminent Domain (9)
- Estoppel (7)
- Evidence (38)
- Excessive Fines (1)
- Federal Civil Rights (431)
- Fees and Costs (25)
- Fiduciary Duty (1)
- Firearm Regulation (3)
- Firefighters (2)
- Food and Drink (1)
- Forfeitures (8)
- Free Speech (46)
- Homelessness (2)
- Housing Discrimination (5)
- Immigration (1)
- Immunities (270)
- Inverse Condemnation (27)
- Judicial Liability (1)
- Juror Misconduct (2)
- Jury Instructions (5)
- Local Legislators' Liability (14)
- mandatory duty (25)
- Medical (31)
- Minor parties (39)
- Miscellaneous (7)
- Negligence (45)
- Nuisance (7)
- Open Meetings (5)
- Police Liability (327)
- Prisoner's Rights (89)
- Privilege (8)
- Property Regulation (56)
- Prosecutors (8)
- Public Attorneys (9)
- Public Employment (115)
- Public Records Requests (38)
- Punitive Damages (3)
- Religion (11)
- Respondeat Superior (2)
- Respondeat Superior for Sexual Misconduct (3)
- Sanctions (2)
- School District Liability (100)
- Science (1)
- Settlement (4)
- Social workers (21)
- Special Relationship (6)
- Sports (2)
- standing (10)
- State Law Civil Rights (44)
- statute of limitations (36)
- Suicide (4)
- Summary Judgment (38)
- Tax sales (1)
- Taxpayer's Suits (5)
- Tenant's Rights (2)
- tolling (3)
- Vexatious Litigants (1)
- Vicarious Liability (4)
- Web/Tech (1)
- Whistleblowers (3)
- Workers' Compensation (3)
- writ relief (50)
- Zoning (6)
Archives
Categories
- Administrative Law
- Anti-SLAPP
- Appealability
- Assumption of the Risk
- Attorney Fees
- Attorney-Client Privilege
- City Charters
- Civil Procedure
- Claim Procedure
- Coastal Access
- Common Carrier
- Comparative fault
- Conflict of interest
- Contract
- Current Affairs
- Dangerous Conditions of Public Property
- Defense and Indemnity
- Development Impact Fees
- Disabled Persons' Rights
- Discovery
- Due Process
- Elections
- Eminent Domain
- Estoppel
- Evidence
- Excessive Fines
- Federal Civil Rights
- Fees and Costs
- Fiduciary Duty
- Firearm Regulation
- Firefighters
- Food and Drink
- Forfeitures
- Free Speech
- Homelessness
- Housing Discrimination
- Immigration
- Immunities
- Inverse Condemnation
- Judicial Liability
- Juror Misconduct
- Jury Instructions
- Local Legislators' Liability
- mandatory duty
- Medical
- Minor parties
- Miscellaneous
- Negligence
- Nuisance
- Open Meetings
- Police Liability
- Prisoner's Rights
- Privilege
- Property Regulation
- Prosecutors
- Public Attorneys
- Public Employment
- Public Records Requests
- Punitive Damages
- Religion
- Respondeat Superior
- Respondeat Superior for Sexual Misconduct
- Sanctions
- School District Liability
- Science
- Settlement
- Social workers
- Special Relationship
- Sports
- standing
- State Law Civil Rights
- statute of limitations
- Suicide
- Summary Judgment
- Tax sales
- Taxpayer's Suits
- Tenant's Rights
- tolling
- Vexatious Litigants
- Vicarious Liability
- Web/Tech
- Whistleblowers
- Workers' Compensation
- writ relief
- Zoning