Is a plaintiff entitled to a claim of alternate liability in a motor vehicle accident?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Pooshs v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., 904 F.Supp.2d 1009 (E.D. Cal. 2012):

Finally, to the extent that plaintiff is attempting to allege a theory of alternative liability as first articulated in Summers v. Tice, 33 Cal.2d 80, 8286, 199 P.2d 1 (1948), that theory is inapplicable because

[904 F.Supp.2d 1033]

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