On Feb. 3, 2017, plaintiff Steven Camacho, 34, a chef, was attacked by his housemate, Gerardo Vasquez, in the residence they shared in Simi Valley. Vasquez’s sister, Minerva Vasquez, rented out a room in the house to Camacho while Mr. Vasquez rented out the rest of the house to other tenants and subdivided the garage into two units. Mr. Vasquez, who had a history of criminal offenses and drug abuse, returned to the house after being released from jail on Jan. 31, 2017. On the subject date, Mr. Vasquez was allegedly breaking up furniture in his bedroom when Camacho inquired whether he was OK. Vasquez allegedly picked up two butcher’s knives and attacked Camacho, inflicting to Camacho’s chest, right thumb and right pinky. Vasquez fled the house. Three days later, he died during an encounter with California Highway Patrol officers. Camacho sued Ms. Vasquez, alleging that Ms. Vasquez was negligent for leaving her brother in charge of the property. Camacho alleged that Ms. Vasquez left Mr. Vasquez in charge of collecting rent, and of finding and supervising tenants, despite Mr. Vasquez’s history and erratic behavior. Defense counsel asserted that Ms. Vasquez was not negligent as the property’s owner., Camacho sustained two punctured lungs and four additional stab wounds to his torso. One of the knives went through his right hand, severing the tendon of his pinky finger and the nerves of his thumb. Camacho was immediately taken by paramedics to Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, in Thousand Oaks, where he was placed in a medically induced coma for three days. He remained in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit for one week. Camacho claimed the pinky on his right hand suffers from Dupuytren’s contracture, a hand deformity in which the joints of one or more fingers cannot be fully extended and their mobility is limited to a range of bent positions. He claimed his pinky is now curled and cannot be straightened. Camacho also claimed he lost all feeling to the thumb on his right hand. Camacho, a trained chef, contended that he can no longer work as a chef due to his .