DANGEROUS CONDITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
Representative Cases
- Young man who suffered catastrophic injuries sued a local public entity claiming a dangerous condition of property, overgrown shrubbery extending into adjacent highway, which allegedly caused the plaintiff bicyclist to steer around the obstruction resulting in a head on collision with a motor vehicle. Plaintiff was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of the accident. Plaintiff claimed that his accident caused by inadequate warning and defective design as well as failure to enforce local codes regarding removal of weeds on private property.
- Plaintiff claimed that his accident was caused by construction activity undertaken by the city on highway 1 which work was undertaken due to continual landslides on adjacent cliffs. Plaintiff claimed that improper barrier placement caused motorist confusion which resulted in a head-on collision. Plaintiff suffered the loss of a leg in the accident.
- Claim brought for injury to seaside home in Malibu. Plaintiff claimed that water intrusion and resulting damage was traceable to the public entity’s construction on an adjacent highway.
- Claim brought against the State of California for wrongful death following a fatal collision on a freeway. Plaintiffs claimed that the type of median barrier utilized was ineffective in preventing the cross over accident.
- Plaintiff suffered a severe injury to his leg when the driver of his vehicle lost control on a curve. Plaintiff claimed a defective design of the curving canyon road and inadequate signage.
- Multiple lawsuits involving claims of roadway and sidewalk defects causing injuries to pedestrians, including sidewalk cracks, depressions and uplifts, as well as curb and ramp irregularities.
- Multiple lawsuits against state and local public entities for damages caused by interaction with smoldering coals in beach fire rings.