233 Cal. App. 4th 708 - Eriksson v. Nunnink’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 25 Cal. 4th 826 - Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · Dillon v. Legg · 27 Cal. 3d 916 - Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 60 Cal. 2d 92 - Tunkl v. Regents of University of California · 3 Cal. 4th 296 - Knight v. Jewett
Most-quoted passages
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“between the legal ineffectiveness of a decedent's preinjury release of his [or her] heirs'[ ] subsequent wrongful death action and the legal effectiveness of an express release of negligence by a decedent which provides a defendant with 'a complete defense.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Because a wrongful death claim is not derivative of the decedent's claims, an agreement by the decedent to release or waive liability for [his or] her death does not necessarily bar a subsequent wrongful death cause of action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“While often referred to as a defense, a release of future liability is more appropriately characterized as an express assumption of the risk that negates the defendant's duty of care, an element of the plaintiff's case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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