Kesner v. Superior Court of Alameda County

Decided December 1, 2016. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

1 Cal. 5th 1132 · Cited 233 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Rowland v. Christian · 69 Cal. 2d 108
• Bily v. Arthur Young & Co. · 834 P.2d 745
• Campbell v. Ford Motor Co. · 206 Cal. App. 4th 15
• Bigbee v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 665 P.2d 947
• Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · 551 P.2d 334
• Beacon Residential Community Ass'n v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP · 59 Cal. 4th 568
• Privette v. Superior Court · 854 P.2d 721
• Doug Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company · 266 S.W.3d 347
• Sprecher v. Adamson Companies · 636 P.2d 783
• Olivo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. · 895 A.2d 1143
• Barnes v. Black · 84 Cal. Rptr. 2d 634
• McDaniel v. Sunset Manor Co. · 220 Cal. App. 3d 1
• Davert v. Larson · 163 Cal. App. 3d 407
• Dillon v. Legg · 68 Cal. 2d 728
• Schifando v. City of Los Angeles · 79 P.3d 569
• Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. · 16 Cal. 4th 953
• Christensen v. Superior Court · 820 P.2d 181
• Davidson v. City of Westminster · 649 P.2d 894
• Thompson v. County of Alameda · 614 P.2d 728
• Weirum v. RKO General, Inc. · 539 P.2d 36
• Erlich v. Menezes · 981 P.2d 978
• Isaacs v. Huntington Memorial Hospital · 695 P.2d 653
• United States Liability Insurance v. Haidinger-Hayes, Inc. · 463 P.2d 770
• Peterson v. San Francisco Community College District · 685 P.2d 1193
• Ortega v. Kmart Corp. · 26 Cal. 4th 1200

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Modisette v. Apple Inc. · 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 209
• Staats v. Vintner's Golf Club, LLC · 236 Cal. Rptr. 3d 236
• The Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court · 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 415
• Petitpas v. Ford Motor Co. · 220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 185
• Jabo v. Ymca of San Diego Cnty. · 238 Cal. Rptr. 3d 588
• Ramsey v. Georgia Southern University Advanced Development Ctr · 189 A.3d 1255
• Phillips v. Honeywell International Inc. · 9 Cal. App. 5th 1061
• Sakai v. Massco Invs., LLC · 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 775
• Johnson v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. · 9 Cal. App. 5th 234
• S. Cal. Gas Co. v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty. (In re S. Cal. Gas Leak Cases) · 227 Cal. Rptr. 3d 117
• Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty. · 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 675

Explore from here

Goodwin Hon Liu’s Judicial Record · Cal. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).