Opinion ID: 7011523
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Heading: Summary Judgment Procedures

Text: Shortly after Amtrak removed the case to federal court, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, which the district court denied. Later, the California Court of Appeal decided Farnam v. State, 84 Cal.App.4th 1448, 101 Cal.Rptr.2d 642 (2000). On the basis of that new precedent, Defendants asked to renew their motion for summary judgment. The court permitted them to revive the motion.and, thereafter, granted it on the ground that the firefighter’s rule barred Vasquez and the City from bringing their claims. Additionally, the Board filed a motion for partial summary judgment with respect to the City’s amended complaint in intervention. The Board argued that the City was not a proper plaintiff to recover disability retirement benefits paid to Vasquez and, accordingly, that the City should not be allowed to pursue that part of its claim. The district court denied the motion.