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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- Posting Arrestees' Personal Information without Rational Relation to Proper Purpose Violated Substantive Due Process
- Legal Developments Favorable to Defendant That Occur After Incident Do Not Affect Whether Law Clearly Established at Time of Incident
- District Court May Order Retrial of Damages Separate from Liability Only Where Issues Not Intertwined; That Newly-Discovered Evidence Would Conclusively Disprove Opponent's Case Does Not Relieve Party of Reasonable Diligence Requirement
- Public Entity Employers Are Not Liable for PAGA Penalties
- Officers' Use of Deadly Force Reasonable when Suspect Attempted to Accelerate Boxed-in Vehicle
- "Counsel Mandate" Bars Non-Attorney Parent from Representing Children's Claims Pro Se
- AB 218's Revival of Abuse Cases Barred by Claim Deadline Is Not Gift of Public Funds
- Placing Body Weight on Head and Neck of Compliant Mentally Ill Person Violated Clearly-Established Law, but 14th Amendment Violation Not Clearly Established
- Time to Appeal Ruling on Administrative Mandamus Petition Runs from Entry of or Notice of Judgment
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- Sports (3)
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- statute of limitations (38)
- Suicide (4)
- Summary Judgment (39)
- Tax sales (1)
- Taxpayer's Suits (5)
- Tenant's Rights (2)
- tolling (3)
- Vexatious Litigants (1)
- Vicarious Liability (4)
- Web/Tech (2)
- Whistleblowers (5)
- Workers' Compensation (6)
- writ relief (51)
- 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