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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- Police Chief Violates Clearly-Established Law by Allegedly Discriminating against Female Officer and Retaliating against Her for Filing Suit
- Because State Law Did Not Clearly Establish Contractor Had Property Interest in Municipal Contract, City Attorney Entitled to Qualified Immunity to Due Process Claim for Recommending Ending Contract
- Prison Officials Violated Clearly-Established Due Process Rights by Withholding Evidence from Inmate During Disciplinary Proceeding
- Denial of Unauthorized Claim Does Not Trigger Six-Month Statute of Limitations; Notices in Response to Claim Must Be Presented to Address Set Forth in Claim
- Plaintiff Who Pleads No Contest to PC 148(a)(1) Is Barred under Heck v. Humphrey from Suing for Excessive Force
- Failure to Adopt Recommendations in Department of Education "Dear Colleague" Letters Is Not Actionable Failure to Accommodate
- A Preempted Criminal Ordinance Cannot Furnish Probable Cause to Arrest
- Natural Condition Immunity Applies to Tree That Is in Municipal Park, That Has Been Pruned, and That Drops a Branch onto a Path
- Discovery Accrual Standard Applies to Statute of Limitations for Liability Based on Statute
- Because the Law Did Not Clearly Establish Testimony in Violation of Rules by Employee Who Testified as Part of Duties Was Protected Speech, Supervisors Entitled to Qualified Immunity
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- Assumption of the Risk (5)
- Attorney Fees (32)
- Attorney-Client Privilege (10)
- City Charters (3)
- Civil Procedure (126)
- Claim Procedure (71)
- Common Carrier (1)
- Comparative fault (1)
- Conflict of interest (6)
- Contract (7)
- Current Affairs (16)
- Dangerous Conditions of Public Property (67)
- Defense and Indemnity (5)
- Development Impact Fees (1)
- Disabled Persons' Rights (35)
- Discovery (9)
- Due Process (34)
- Elections (4)
- Eminent Domain (7)
- Estoppel (7)
- Evidence (36)
- Excessive Fines (1)
- Federal Civil Rights (385)
- Fees and Costs (23)
- Fiduciary Duty (1)
- Firearm Regulation (2)
- Firefighters (2)
- Food and Drink (1)
- Forfeitures (8)
- Free Speech (36)
- Homelessness (1)
- Housing Discrimination (5)
- Immigration (1)
- Immunities (230)
- Inverse Condemnation (23)
- Judicial Liability (1)
- Juror Misconduct (2)
- Jury Instructions (5)
- Local Legislators' Liability (14)
- mandatory duty (22)
- Medical (26)
- Minor parties (27)
- Miscellaneous (7)
- Negligence (34)
- Nuisance (6)
- Open Meetings (5)
- Police Liability (290)
- Prisoner's Rights (81)
- Privilege (8)
- Property Regulation (53)
- Prosecutors (7)
- Public Attorneys (8)
- Public Employment (104)
- Public Records Requests (33)
- Punitive Damages (1)
- Religion (8)
- Respondeat Superior (1)
- Respondeat Superior for Sexual Misconduct (3)
- Sanctions (2)
- School District Liability (80)
- Science (1)
- Settlement (4)
- Social workers (18)
- Special Relationship (2)
- Sports (2)
- standing (9)
- State Law Civil Rights (39)
- statute of limitations (30)
- Suicide (3)
- Summary Judgment (33)
- Tax sales (1)
- Taxpayer's Suits (4)
- Tenant's Rights (2)
- tolling (2)
- Vexatious Litigants (1)
- Vicarious Liability (4)
- Whistleblowers (2)
- Workers' Compensation (2)
- writ relief (49)
- Zoning (5)
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Categories
- Administrative Law
- Anti-SLAPP
- Assumption of the Risk
- Attorney Fees
- Attorney-Client Privilege
- City Charters
- Civil Procedure
- Claim Procedure
- 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
- Whistleblowers
- Workers' Compensation
- writ relief
- Zoning