HARLAND v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. 46314.

99 Cal.App.3d 839 (1979)

160 Cal. Rptr. 613

DAWN HARLAND et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

December 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard G. Rypinski, John P. Horgan, Lee Tyler, Robert J. DeFea and Kenneth G. Nellis for Defendant and Appellant.

E. Robert Wallach, David B. Baum and Victoria J. De Goff for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

GRODIN, J.

We are called upon to decide whether the State of California, like other parties to litigation, is obligated to pay interest on a judgment obtained against it in a tort action. We hold that it is so obligated by applicable provisions of the California Constitution, and on that ground we affirm the judgment below.

Plaintiffs in the underlying action (respondents here) sued the State of California (hereinafter...

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