Ebersol v. Cowan

—I concur in Justice Reynoso’s opinion for the court. However, I would rest the holding on the equal protection guarantee of the California Constitution.1

It is the general policy of the State of California to provide protection from negligence to everyone. (Civ. Code, § 1714; Brown v. Merlo (1973) 8 Cal.3d 855, 870 [106 Cal.Rptr. 388, 506 P.2d 212, 66 A.L.R.3d 505]; Rowland v. Christian (1968) 69 Cal.2d 108, 118-119 [70 Cal.Rptr. 97, 443 P.2d 561, 32 A.L.R.3d 496].) The California courts have not hesitated to overturn arbitrary classifications affecting tort recoveries, applying both common…