DELTA FARMS RECLAMATION DIST. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24385.

33 Cal.3d 699 (1983)

660 P.2d 1168

190 Cal. Rptr. 494

DELTA FARMS RECLAMATION DISTRICT NO. 2028, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Respondent; MABEL FERNANDEZ et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

April 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Memering & DeMers and Henry W. Crowle for Petitioner.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Michael Franchetti, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Willard Shank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marvin Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, James R. Schwartz, Dennis G. Fry and Edward P. Garson, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Lewis, Lewis & Less, Lawrence James Less and Craig R. Blackstone for Real Parties in Interest.

Peter J. Bassing and Sheeks, Oswald & Bassing as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

Petitioner Delta Farms Reclamation District No. 2028 (Delta) seeks mandate directing respondent superior court to sustain Delta's general demurrer to real parties' second amended complaint seeking damages for the wrongful death of two 15-year-old girls who drowned in a canal owned by the district and for personal injuries, including emotional distress.1...

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