Judge Davila of the Northern District of California held that the file transfer service was not a “business” under the CCPA and grants defendant’s motion to dismiss. The analysis turns on whether or not defendant determine how or why to…
MoreThe following summaries are of recent published decisions of the California appellate courts, the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. The summaries are presented without regard to whether Severson & Werson represented a party in the case.
(This decision affirms a $10 million award to plaintiff who was sexually molested by his high school tennis coach. The trial court properly instructed the jury on the school district’s potential liability for negligent hiring, retention, and supervision of the tennis coach when its administrators knew or should have known of the coach’s unfitness. The trial court properly admitted evidence…
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