Dix v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

Docket NumberB289596
Decision Date26 October 2020
After Katie Dix ingested an illegal drug and collapsed while at a Live Nation electronic music festival, she was later pronounced dead from Ecstasy-related dehydration. Katie's parents filed suit against Live Nation for negligence and other causes of action. The trial court granted summary judgment for Live Nation. Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because Live Nation owed a duty of care to music festival attendees and that triable issues of material...

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  • Klug v. Green
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • January 26, 2021
    ...on summary judgment unless and until the moving defendant first meets its initial burden. [Citation.]" (Dix v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 590, 604-605.) Plaintiffs thus assert that the physician defendants' failure to address alter ego liability precludes summary ......
  • Franco v. Sec. Indus. Specialists, Inc.
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • November 2, 2021
    ... ... waived that claim on appeal. ( Dix v. Live Nation ... Entertainment, Inc. (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 590, 616 ... [" '[i]f a party's ... ...
  • Nikolaychuk v. Capital One
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • November 30, 2020
    ...merit because the plaintiff cannot establish an element of the cause of action or there is a complete defense." (Dix v. Live Nation Entertainment (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 590, 604.) If the defendant does not meet this burden, the motion must be denied without consideration of the opposing evid......
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  • Negligence
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books California Causes of Action
    • March 31, 2022
    ...officer owes a duty of reasonable care to the arrestee.”) • Music festival organizers and attendees. Dix v. Live Nation, Inc. (2020) 56 Cal. App. 5th 590. • Archdiocese of Los Angeles and minors in its church classes. Doe v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles (2021) 70 Cal. App. 5th 6......