Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California

551 P. 2d 334, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 131 Cal. Rptr … - Cal: Supreme …, 1976 - Google Scholar
… note of the uncertain character of therapeutic prediction, we held in … and are, in fact, less accurate
in their predictions than other … precision has not even been attained in predicting who of …

Pugh v. See's Candies, Inc.

116 Cal. App. 3d 311, 171 Cal. Rptr … - Cal: Court of Appeal, 1st …, 1981 - Google Scholar
… workers who had worked previously for other manufacturers at higher rates … by allowing payment
of a lower wage rate to seasonal … "The employee, in providing long-term employment to …

Cobbs v. Grant

502 P. 2d 1, 8 Cal. 3d 229, 104 Cal. Rptr. 505 - Cal: Supreme Court, 1972 - Google Scholar
… 158] (cardiac arrest allegedly caused by administration of anesthetic … than legal standards, the
withholding of information from a patient … The first is that patients are generally persons …

Foley v. Interactive Data Corp.

765 P. 2d 373, 47 Cal. 3d 654, 254 Cal. Rptr … - Cal: Supreme …, 1988 - Google Scholar
… at pp. 478-479.) The authors assert that "`public interest, adhesion and fiduciary responsibility,'
are not sufficiently precise to provide a basis for reliable prediction." (Id., at p. 479, fn …

People v. Wharton

809 P. 2d 290, 53 Cal. 3d 522, 280 Cal. Rptr … - Cal: Supreme …, 1991 - Google Scholar
… Lee would beat defendant with a leather strap or an oak … 17 Cal.3d 425, and found "that such
predictions are entirely … state, ..." Italics added.) Defendant argues this minor variation in the …

Hill v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.

865 P. 2d 633, 7 Cal. 4th 1, 26 Cal. Rptr. 2d … - Cal: Supreme Court, 1994 - Google Scholar
… 2) to urinate in the presence of a monitor; and (3 … the life of plaintiff's husband who had suffered
heart attack]; Noble v … v. Missouri, supra, 497 US 261.) But whatever predictions one might …

Seaman's Direct Buying Service, Inc. v. Standard Oil

686 P. 2d 1158, 36 Cal. 3d 752, 206 Cal. Rptr … - Cal: Supreme …, 1984 - Google Scholar
… up to $75,000, which sum was to be amortized over the life of the agreement at the rate of one …
127 [122 A.2d 555, 561, 60 ALR2d 388] [duty to seek zoning variance, special permit, or …

Hubbart v. Superior Court

969 P. 2d 584, 81 Cal. Rptr. 2d 492, 19 Cal. 4th … - Cal: Supreme …, 1999 - Google Scholar
… revious instances of violent behavior are an important indicator of future … likely require care and
commitment on a "`long term'" basis … of Burger, CJ.) [noting that the recovery rate for some …

Dillon v. Legg

68 Cal. 2d 728, 441 P. 2d 912, 69 Cal. Rptr … - Cal: Supreme Court, 1968 - Google Scholar
… mechanical rules of thumb which are at variance with these principles do more harm
than good." (2 Harper & James, The Law of Torts, supra, p. 1039; fn …

Summers v. Tice

33 Cal. 2d 80, 199 P. 2d 1, 199 P. 221 - Cal: Supreme Court, 1948 - Google Scholar
… In a quite analogous situation this court held that a patient injured while unconscious on an
operating table in a hospital could hold all or any of the persons who had any connection …