LUGTU v. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

No. S088116.

110 Cal.Rptr.2d 528 (2001)

26 Cal.4th 703

28 P.3d 249

Cecelio LUGTU et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

August 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Steven W. O'Reilly, Charles B. O'Reilly, Steven W. O'Reilly, Marina Del Rey; Haight, Brown & Bonesteel and Rita Gunasekaran, Santa Monica, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Pamela Smith-Steward, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Margaret A. Rodda, Assistant Attorney General, Kristin G. Hogue and Karen M. Walter, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.


GEORGE, C.J.

Plaintiffs, passengers in an automobile that had been pulled over by a California Highway Patrol officer into the center median strip of a highway for a traffic violation, were injured when a pickup truck ran into their automobile from behind, while the automobile was stopped in the median strip. Plaintiffs thereafter filed this personal injury action against (1) the driver of the pickup truck, (2) the driver of the automobile in which they were riding...

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