Joo Leong Tan v. Goddard

Opinion

EPSTEIN, J.

In this case, we apply Knight v. Jewett (1992) 3 Cal.4th 296 [11 Cal.Rptr.2d, 834 P.2d 696] and conclude that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment against appellant on the now rejected doctrine of implied reasonable assumption of the risk.

Factual and Procedural Summary

Since this case reaches us after a full grant of summary judgment against the appellant, we review the moving and opposing papers to determine whether respondent had succeeded in negating at least one essential element in each of appellant’s causes of action, or otherwise had established an…