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NEWS ON INSPECTIONS:

On August 23, 2000, a decision came down in California.  This was rendered in a case, Richard Ortega v. K-MART.  This case has been cited as 00 cdos 7049.

This case is likely to be reviewed by the Supreme Court, but it may yet set an important precedent.  

My understanding is that this new case establishes a new doctrine.  If there is no inspection program in place, notice of a defective condition can be imputed to a defendant by simply showing the absence of an inspection program.

This is a significant change from the old Biltmore Garage standard of the late 1960's.  Biltmore said, essentially, that a lack of notice could not be asserted as a defense if there was no inspection program.

I have long been an advocate of inspection programs for safety and accident prevention

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