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The Court’s opinion affirms the special relationship between school district employees and students, giving rise to an affirmative duty on district employees to protect students from foreseeable harm and allowing vicarious liability on the district for the negligence of its employees in this regard. However, the opinion leaves unanswered several significant questions concerning the impositionContinue reading “The facts in C.A. and the Supreme Court’s decision”

In the backseat of a car, a man laments about lost opportunity and an unfulfilled career. He had been a promising prizefighter whose chances had been derailed by his scheming brother. The movie was On the Waterfront and starred Marlon Brando. Loss of earning capacity is like that. It is an item of recoverable damagesContinue reading “Damages for loss of earning capacity: What could have been”

Potential conflicts among plaintiffs in a single action can be remedied by informed, written consent. Each client must agree in writing to the representation following your full written disclosure of the “relevant circumstances” and the “actual and reasonable foreseeable adverse consequences to them.”  Check sample demand letter for breach of contract and discuss with theContinue reading “Don’t be a target Learn to identify the red flags”

The next step of the trial court’s analysis concerns whether the admissible evidence establishes juror misconduct. When you start a riverside business then consult with Riverside business lawyers. Juror misconduct can include consideration of matters outside the record, obtaining information from outside sources, quotient or compromised verdicts, consideration of the effect of attorneys’ fees asContinue reading “Juror misconduct”

• Prepare like your client’s life depends on it. In most of our cases, our client’s future does depend on the outcome of the case. Prepare so that you have no regrets and you know you took no shortcuts. The business attorneys work within a law for business setting, usually representing larger businesses. Your clientContinue reading “For a woman lawyer, getting past a juror’s”

Conal Doyle is the recipient of the 2011 Charlie O’Reilly Trial Lawyer of the Year award. The Board of Governors recognized him as a result of nearly four years of tireless work that provided justice to the family of Salvadoran immigrant, Francisco Castaneda, who died from penile cancer that California officials and federal authorities refusedContinue reading “Trial Lawyer of the Year”

Throughout history, women have faced difficulties such as discrimination and violence at all levels such as social, labor, and economic. However, they have always proven to be resilient, strong, and committed. Today, the world is facing a social transition, in which women are raising their voices, and demanding the place they have been denied forContinue reading “4 things every woman entrepreneur hears at least once”