JONES v. DEETER

Docket No. 68040.

152 Cal.App.3d 798 (1984)

199 Cal. Rptr. 825

DOROTHEA V. JONES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WENDELL F. DEETER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

March 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Douglas B. Haynes and Wiessman & Haynes for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dennis Michael Schuster and Charles R. Weldon for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

SCHAUER, P.J.

The issue is whether an owner of property abutting a sidewalk parkway is liable to a pedestrian who is injured when trees on the parkway create a dangerous condition on the sidewalk. Under the circumstances presented here, we find that the dangerous condition is not attributable to the abutting owner. We therefore affirm a summary judgment in favor of that owner.

FACTS

On June 3, 1980, plaintiff...

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