Doris Consier-Faulkner (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Community Action Partnership of SLO County1 (“CAPSLO”), Kindra Gomez (“Gomez”), and David Bartholomew
(“Bartholomew”), for negligence, premises liability, and negligent supervision/retention/hiring on August 27, 2019.2
The first and second causes of action for negligence and premises liability are alleged against Defendants and Bartholomew, and the third cause of action for negligent
supervision/retention/hiring is alleged against CAPSLO.
CAPSLO and Gomez (collectively “Defendants”) move here for summary judgment or, in the alternative, for summary adjudication as to each cause of action. Bartholomew and Plaintiff oppose the motion.3
I. Legal Standard
Defendants may move for summary judgment where an action has no merit. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c(a).) Similarly, defendants may move for summary adjudication as to one or more causes of action within an action, one or more claims for damages, or one or more issues of duty where