California Court of Appeal

In a case against the owner and operator of a successful West Hollywood bar and dance club, brought by a patron-plaintiff seeking damages for defendant's failure to use reasonable care to protect her from a sexual assault in a unisex bathroom stall, the trial court's entry of the jury's award of $5.42 million in compensatory damages to plaintiff are affirmed over defendant's challenges that: 1) it did not owe or breach a duty to plaintiff and did not cause plaintiff's injury; 2) the court abused its discretion by erroneously admitting irrelevant and prejudicial evidence; and 3) the jury's noneconomic damages award was excessive and punitive in nature.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/07/14

Judges

• HOGUE

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel