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Assumption of the Risk Negligence Duty of Care

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Watch Your Step – Playing Golf on an Outdoor Course Necessarily Encompasses Risk of Encountering Irregularities in the Ground...

On April 27, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal issued an opinion in Walter Wellsfry, et al. v. Ocean Colony Partners, LLC (A165175, April 27, 2023) affirming summary judgment for a golf course owner on the grounds that...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

"Reasonableness.” What does this mean for commercial property owners?

“So, you’re telling me there is a chance” is the iconic line from the 1994 blockbuster movie “Dumb and Dumber” starring Jim Carey (as “Lloyd Christmas”) and Lauren Holly (as “Mary Swanson”). In the film, Lloyd is enamored...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Primary Assumption of Risk Kicks Horseback Riding Injury Claim to the Curb

In Swigart v. Bruno, 2017 No. D071072, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, relied on the primary assumption of risk doctrine in affirming summary judgment against a plaintiff injured by a horse during an...more

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The California Court of Appeal Affirms that the Primary Assumption of Risk Doctrine Bars a Delivery Driver’s Negligence Action...

In Moore v. William Jessup University 2015 DJDAR 13751, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, affirmed the trial court’s granting of summary judgment in a delivery driver’s negligence action against a...more

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