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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- Claim for Failure to Provide Adequate Warning Barred by Design Immunity Where Warnings Addressed by Plans
- Public Employee's Dangerous Condition Suit against Employer for Injury on Employer's Property Barred by Exclusive Remedy Rule
- Officers Were Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Using Deadly Force on Unarmed Domestic Violence Suspect Who Charged Them in Confined Space
- Filing Declaratory Relief Action Regarding Right to Compensation under Contract, without First Presenting Claim, Did Not Bar Contractor from Later Presenting Claims and Adding Damages Causes of Action
- Public Park Was Not a Dangerous Condition of Public Property Due to Lack of Surveillance Cameras
- Alleged Confirmation of Cancellation of Business License in Closed Session Did Not Arise Out of Protected Activity for Anti-SLAPP Purposes
- California Public Records Act Does Not Permit Declaratory Relief as to Moot Record Requests, Nor Does It Require Agencies to Retain Records
- CPRA Discovery Cannot Demand Production of Public Records Sought or Information about Underlying Events Not Available Through Public Records Act
- Prison Officials Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity or PREP Act Immunity for Allegedly Inadequate Attempts to Prevent COVID Spread during Inmate Transfer
- Neither 1st Amendment Right Not to Respond to Police Questioning, Nor 1st Amendment Claim for Retaliatory Police Investigation Was Clearly Established for Purposes of Qualified Immunity
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- Settlement (4)
- Social workers (21)
- Special Relationship (6)
- Sports (2)
- standing (11)
- State Law Civil Rights (44)
- statute of limitations (37)
- 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 (4)
- Workers' Compensation (5)
- writ relief (50)
- Zoning (6)
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Categories
- Administrative Law
- Anti-SLAPP
- Appealability
- Assumption of the Risk
- Attorney Fees
- Attorney-Client Privilege
- Books
- 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
- Quantum Meruit
- 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