California Court of Appeal

In an action arising from damages caused by an employee's physical assault of a customer at defendant-employer's store after the customer spoke to him in an arguably insulting matter, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where the underlying evidence of the case supports a reasonable inference that the altercation was attributable to work-related events.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/27/2008
• Published 03/27/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Madrid Law Firm, Eduardo M. Madrid, Los Angeles, and Erica L. Madrid, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Roy G. Weatherup, David B. Shapiro, Allison A. Arabian and Alexander J. Harwin, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.