GALLI v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. 17809.

98 Cal.App.3d 662 (1979)

159 Cal. Rptr. 721

BRUNA GALLI et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

November 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Desmond, Miller, Desmond & Bartholomew, Richard Desmond, Belli & Choulos, Melvin M. Belli, Thomas J. LoSavio, Buchman, Kass, Morgan & Miller, Kenneth Miller, Nichols, Williams, Morgan & Digardi, Edward M. Digardi, James Garlock, Siegfried Hesse, Dodge, Reyes, Brorby, Randall & Titmus and Robert P. Brorby for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Evelle J. Younger and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Robert L. Bergman, Assistant Attorney General, John M. Morrison and Thomas K. McGuire, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

REGAN, J.

This case arose from the 1972 massive flooding of Brannan-Andrus Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta (commonly known as the Isleton flood), resulting from failure of a levee on the San Joaquin River.

Liability Disposition of the Case in Trial Court

A class action was filed against the State of California (state), the Brannan-Andrus Levee Maintenance District, and the County of Sacramento...

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