BROWN v. USA TAEKWONDO

No. S259216.

11 Cal.5th 204 (2021)

YAZMIN BROWN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. USA TAEKWONDO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

April 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Estey & Bomberger, Stephen J. Estey ; Corsiglia McMahon & Allard, B. Robert Allard ; Turek Law, Kenneth C. Turek ; Williams Iagmin and Jon R. Williams for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Arbogast Law, David M. Arbogast ; Siminou Appeals, Benjamin I. Siminou ; Herzog, Yuhas, Ehrlich & Ardell, Ian I. Herzog ; The Bronson Firm and Steven M. Bronson for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Esner, Chang & Boyer, Holly N. Boyer and Shea S. Murphy for National Crime Victim Bar Association and Manly, Stewart & Finaldi as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Kjar, McKenna, Stockalper, Patrick E. Stockalper , Matthew A. Schiller , Mina M. Morkos ; Horvitz & Levy, Mitchell C. Tilner , Steven S. Fleischman and Yen-Shyang Tseng for Defendant and Respondent USA Taekwondo.

Clyde & Co. US, Douglas J. Collodel , Margaret M. Holm , M. Christopher Hall ; Covington & Burling, Beth Brinkmann , Mitch A. Kamin and Carolyn J. Kubota for Defendant and Respondent United States Olympic Committee.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Hailyn J. Chen and John B. Major for National Collegiate Athletic Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent United States Olympic Committee.


OPINION

To state a cause of action for negligence, a plaintiff must establish the defendant owed a legal duty of care. Generally speaking, all persons have a duty to take reasonable care in their activities to avoid causing injury, though particular policy considerations may weigh in favor of limiting that duty in certain...

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