Calif. Court Reverses Summary Judgment Award to Premises Defendants

LOS ANGELES -- A California appellate court has reversed a summary judgment award for two premises defendants in a secondhand exposure case, opining that one of the defendants did not present sufficient evidence to prove that it did not owe a duty to the plaintiff, who never set foot on the defendant's property. Honer v. Ford Motor Co., et al., No. B189160 (Calif. 2nd Dist. Ct. App., Div. 7).

In the Oct. 15 ruling, the Second Appellate District Court also held that the trial court erroneously allowed the second premises defendant to succeed in its argument that the statute of …