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GREGORY v. COTT

No. S209125.

59 Cal.4th 996 (2014)

176 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1

331 P.3d 179

CAROLYN GREGORY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LORRAINE COTT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

August 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander J. Petale for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Laurel R. Webb and Matthew Stark Blumin for SEIU United Long Term Care Workers and United Domestic Workers, AFSCME Local 3930, AFL-CIO as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Reed Smith, Margaret M. Grignon , Tillman J. Breckenridge ; Inglis Ledbetter Gower & Warriner, Richard S. Gower and Gregory J. Bramlage for Defendants and Respondents.

McGuire Coats and Wendy McGuire Coats for Vaughn E. James as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J. —

The question in this case is whether patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease are liable for injuries they inflict on health care workers hired to care for them at home. Because agitation and physical aggression are common late-stage symptoms of the disease, injuries to caregivers are not unusual. California and other jurisdictions have established the rule that Alzheimer...

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