DIAMOND SPRINGS LIME CO. v. AMERICAN RIVER CONSTR.

Docket No. 11963.

16 Cal.App.3d 581 (1971)

94 Cal. Rptr. 200

DIAMOND SPRINGS LIME CO., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMERICAN RIVER CONSTRUCTORS, Defendant and Appellant; PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hughes, Maul, Fogerty & Dezzani, Robert Hoffman and Clyde Small for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Cushing, Cullinan, Hancock & Rothert, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, John Hancock, Barry L. Bunshoft, Edward J. Ruff, Jesse B. Grove III and Ira Brown for Defendant and Appellant.

Popelka, Graham, Hanifin, Van Loucks & Allard, Kronick, Moskovitz & Vanderlaan and Robert Humphreys for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

FRIEDMAN, Acting P.J.

In December 1964 several days of torrential rainfall created great pressure on the partially constructed Hell Hole Dam, located on the Rubicon River, a tributary to the Middle Fork of the American River. The dam burst. Impounded water poured downstream and damaged a limestone quarry and rock-crushing plant situated on the Middle Fork. Diamond Springs Lime...

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