Profile of Justice Ming W. Chin

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Court: California Supreme Court

Appointed by: Governor Wilson, March 1996

Born: August 31, 1942 in Klamath Falls, Oregon

Education: BA, USF 1964; JD, USF 1967

Law Practice: Aiken Kramer & Cummings, Oakland CA (1973-88); Alameda County Deputy District Attorney (1970-72)

Judicial Appointments: Appointed to California Supreme Court, March 1, 1996; First District Court of Appeal (1990-96); Alameda County Superior Court (1988-90)

Opinions Reported in Appellate Decisions Noted:

• Blood bank not liable for death from HIV-tainted blood
• Three Court of Appeal decisions discuss availability of emotional distress damages (Macy's case)
• Employers may be liable for unduly positive job references
• Draw on letter of credit does not violate anti-deficiency laws
• No dismissal for violation of local fast-track rules, unless party, not counsel, is at fault
• Supreme Court revisits primary assumption of the risk doctrine
• Lawyer needs California license to practice substantial law in California
• Supervisors not personally liable for discrimination
• Workers' compensation remedy for disability discrimination does not preempt other remedies
• Tameny claim may rest on public policy derived from administrative regulations
• School has no duty to prevent injury to non-student off school property
• Coworkers not liable for harassment under FEHA
• Employer must pay for travel time that employees are required to spend on employer-provided buses
• Employers may eliminate employment security policies unilaterally
• Favorable arbitration award cannot form basis for malicious prosecution action
• Lack of evidence that landowner's failure to provide adequate security caused injury defeats negligence claim
• Gun manufacturers may not be held liable for negligence in shooting deaths
• California courts should not restrain enforcement of covenants not to compete in other states
• Legislature may not force local governments to arbitrate economic issues
• Public agencies not liable for negligent handling of 911 calls
• Public employees need not exhaust internal administrative remedies before pursuing FEHA charges
• Property owner has no duty to safeguard against murderous assault by driver

Additional Sources of Information:

• Justice Chin's biography prepared by the Judicial Branch of the State of California
• Justice Chin's Biography from the 1994 General Election Voter Pamphlet

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