Profile of Justice Joyce L. Kennard

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Court: California Supreme Court

Appointed by: Governor Deukmejian, March 1989

Born: May 6, 1941 in West Java, Indonesia

Education: BA, USC 1971; JD, USC 1974

Law Practice: California Deputy Attorney General (1975-79); Research attorney, Second District Court of Appeal (1979-86)

Judicial Appointments: Los Angeles Municipal Court (1986-87); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1987-88); Second District Court of Appeal (1988-89); Supreme Court (1989-present)

Opinions Reported in Appellate Decisions Noted:

• Do not mow your neighbor's lawn, lest you be liable to those injured there (Dissent)
• Supreme Court rules garbage collector did not breach duty of care to horseback rider (Dissent)
• Age discrimination supports tortious wrongful discharge claim
• Supreme Court revisits primary assumption of the risk doctrine (concurring)
• Boy Scouts not subject to California anti-discrimination law (concurring)
• No independent tort for spoliation under California law, but section 1983 may provide a remedy (Cedars-Sinai case)
• No neutral reportage privilege in California for republication of defamation about a private figure
• California Supreme Court upholds injunction against racial epithets in the workplace (dissent)
• California's limit on damages recoverable by survivors applies to federal civil rights claims
• Common law right to fair procedure may bar arbitrary expulsions from private organizations
• Window manufacturer strictly liable in tort for defects that damage other parts of the house
• California disability law has never required a substantial limitation
• California adopts modified Faragher defense

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Anonymous (10/27/00)

I give this lady credit for her opinion that a certain matter should be granted review. It was a welcome surprise in a sea of abuse of discretion. Perhaps she smelled the stench of foul corruption from where she sat and was offended by it as any reasonable person would be. Please hold on to your human integrity, Justice Kennard; hold on tight. God Bless you & keep you.

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