What Camargo v. Tjaarda Dairy Means To Premises Defendants In California Asbestos Litigation PART 2

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IV. Camargo v. Tjaarda Dairy, Inc.

Until 2001, premises liability cases in California asbestos litigation focused upon the three Grahn theories of affirmative negligence described above. In particular, plaintiffs pursued the negligent hiring theory under the idea that, since the plaintiff was injured, the contractor must have been incompetent and the premises owner must have been negligent in hiring the contractor.

That practice changed sharply following the recent California Supreme Court decision in Camargo v. Tjaarda Dairy, Inc. Camargo squarely addressed the issue of whether the negligent hiring claim set forth in Grahn still retained …