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Personal Injury & TortsDigest of Oct. 21, 2026

Franco v. PAG Ontario B1

D088030 · 4th Dist., Div. 1 · Unpublished · Filed Oct. 21, 2026

Reversed — for Franco (appellant) · Summary judgment reversed (plaintiff)

Outcome: The judgment is reversed.

Publication request reminder: Nov. 10, 2026 (unadjusted 20-day estimate; confirm the filing deadline with the court)
Opinion by O’Rourke, Acting P. J. (with Buchanan, J., Kelety, J.)
Counsel: Sandoval Law, Law Office of Omer A. Kahn for plaintiff and appellant; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith for defendants and respondents

The Court of Appeal reversed: the videos left room for reasonable differences of opinion, and testimony that defendants painted other curbs safety yellow so they could be seen, with Franco’s expert declarations, raised triable issues on a dangerous condition and defendants’ knowledge of it.

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A real entry from the Oct. 21, 2026 digest, shortened slightly. Its saved brief data is unchanged; the reader presentation has been updated.

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One email each morning, grouped by practice area

New civil opinions found through CourtListener, published and unpublished, grouped by your areas. Source coverage and automatic practice-area tags can be incomplete. Each entry tells you, at a glance:

  • Outcome

    The court’s disposition in its own words: affirmed, reversed, reversed in part, remanded.

  • Who won

    “Reversed — for Franco (appellant)”, plus the motion when it matters: “Summary judgment reversed (plaintiff)”.

  • Filed and certified dates

    The filing date, and the certification date when an older opinion is certified for publication. The certification is often the news.

  • Practice area

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  • Publication-request reminder

    For unpublished opinions, an unadjusted 20-day calendar reminder after filing (rule 8.1120(a)(3)). Weekends and court holidays can affect the filing deadline; confirm it with the court.

  • Author and counsel

    The authoring justice and panel, and the firms on each side.

Then one click opens the three-pane brief reader: the source-linked AI-drafted brief on the left; the opinion PDF in the center, opening to the cited sentence with a box around it; and the source text with Copy Quote / Copy Citation buttons on the right. Each brief covers the issues, holdings, standard of review, reasoning, parties, counsel and key authorities, with warnings for problems the automatic checks detect. The checks can miss serious errors.

Real sample

See a real morning: Oct. 21, 2026

Nine civil opinions included in the Oct. 21 digest, published and unpublished, exactly as the digest showed them. Three briefs are open to everyone with their original brief data and warnings preserved; the reader presentation has been updated.

  • Yzaguirre v. Clovis Unified School District F090476 · 5th Dist. · Published · filed Sept. 23, certified for publication Oct. 21, 2026 · Affirmed for the school district (primary assumption of risk in a basketball PE class)
  • Franco v. PAG Ontario B1 D088030 · 4th Dist., Div. 1 · Unpublished · Summary judgment reversed for the plaintiff (premises liability)
  • Baker v. Central Coast Water Authority B350868 · 2d Dist., Div. 6 · Unpublished · Demurrer ruling affirmed for the public agency (government claim filed too late)

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Accuracy, stated honestly

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Across four frozen AI-graded evaluations completed on Oct. 21, 2026, using different producing revisions, 16 of 80 briefs (20%) had a serious error, and 6 (7.5%) had one without a relevant warning. The latest round, Fresh20G, had 4 of 20 serious errors and 3 unwarned. The quality target was not met. These historical results do not measure the current engineering repairs; source links and warnings do not verify a statement.

“Serious” means a lawyer could be misled: for example a wrong holding or result, a party in the wrong role, a trial-court ruling or party argument presented as the court’s holding, or a wrong date or amount. These grades are by AI, not by lawyers. Test-by-test results.

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Can I cite the unpublished opinions?

Generally no. Under California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), an unpublished opinion generally may not be cited or relied on by a court or a party in another action; rule 8.1115(b) lists the narrow exceptions. Unpublished opinions are still worth reading: they show how panels are handling your issues, and anyone may request publication under rule 8.1120. The rule uses a 20-day period after filing; weekends and court holidays can affect the last day. Each unpublished entry shows a calendar reminder, which you should confirm with the court.

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Across four frozen evaluations with different producing revisions, AI graders found serious errors in 16 of 80 briefs (20%); 6 (7.5%) had one without a relevant warning. The latest round, Fresh20G, found 4 of 20 serious and 3 unwarned. The quality target was not met. These are historical AI assessments, not lawyer reviews or a measurement of the current repairs. Verify the opinion even when no warning appears. See the Data & AI statement.

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