COCHRAN v. HERZOG ENGRAVING CO.

Docket No. 54387.

155 Cal.App.3d 405 (1984)

205 Cal. Rptr. 1

STEVEN COCHRAN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HERZOG ENGRAVING COMPANY, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant; CITY OF SAN MATEO, Defendant, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

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

April 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Abramson & Bianco, Abramson & Smith, William B. Smith, Albert R. Abramson and Daniel U. Smith for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Robert M. Tobin and H.R. Lloyd, Jr., for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Douglas Dang, City Attorney, and Peter W. Olson, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendant, Cross-defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

SCOTT, J.

This appeal from summary judgment presents the question of the scope of the immunities afforded municipalities and their fire departments by the provisions of the California Tort Claims Act. Appellants argue that the City of San Mateo (City) violated several mandatory duties under its municipal code aimed at abating known hazardous conditions, and that no statutory immunities protect the City from liability under...

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