Jones v. The Barge, LLC CA2/3
Bradford David Jones and his son Forbes Bradford Jones collided while riding jet skis—Bradford was injured in the collision. Bradford, Forbes, and Bradford’s wife (Maria Jones) sued The Barge, LLC and David Hubert for negligence and other tort claims. The trial court granted summary adjudication in Hubert’s favor on three of the four causes of action, finding that Bradford and Forbes released Hubert from liability when they rented jet skis from The Barge, LLC. After plaintiffs dismissed the remaining cause of action, the court entered judgment for Hubert and The Barge, LLC.
Plaintiffs contend the court erred by granting summary adjudication because Hubert is not a party to the releases and there is no evidence that he owns The Barge, LLC, the releases are unenforceable as a matter of law, and a triable issue of fact exists on the gross negligence question. For his part, Hubert contends the appeal must be dismissed as untimely, and in any event the trial court’s ruling was
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