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1020 REVIEW DENIED A defendant moving for summary judgment can satisfy the burden of negating an element of plaintiff's case by pointing to the absence of evidence to establish that element, thus shifting to plaintiff the burden of showing that there is a triable issue of fact as to that element.CitationHUNTER v PACIFIC MECH (Shifting Burdens) 37 CA4 1282 [See: CCP 437c; FRCP 56; Celotex v Catrett 477 US 317; Union v SuperCt 31 CA4 573, T/AT 2/95; Villa v McFerren 35 CA4 733, T/AT 7/95; Smith v ACandS 31 CA4 77, T/AT 2/95]
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