Claim Plaintiff Ramage contends that defendant GET negligently contracted with GEI and Stainton’s Coaches to provide transportation for GET’s tour clients. GET argues that GEI and Stainton’s Coaches were independent contractors, and that GET is not liable for their actions per the “Responsibility” disclaimer. There is little dispute whether or not GEI and Stainton’s Coaches were independent contractors. Thus, the issue is whether GET owed a duty to Ramage to provide safe transportation. The California Court of Appeal has explained that under California law, “[f]or a negligence cause of action, the plaintiff must allege a duty, a breach of that duty, an injury to the plaintiff as a proximate result of that breach.” Krawitz v. Rusch, 209 Cal.App.3d 957, 963, 257 Cal.Rptr. 610 (1989) (<HOLDING>). “A duty may be contractual, statutory or
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