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LOPEZ v. SOUTHERN CAL. RAPID TRANSIT DIST.

Docket No. L.A. 31917.

40 Cal.3d 780 (1985)

710 P.2d 907

221 Cal. Rptr. 840

CARMEN LOPEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

December 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Mohi & Glasman and Steven L. Mazza for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Mavridis, Conway & Sheehan, Michael Booser and Marc J. Poster for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

GRODIN, J.

The issue presented in this case is whether the Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD), a public corporation, has a duty to protect passengers aboard its buses from assaults by fellow passengers. We conclude that RTD does owe such a duty to its passengers and that RTD is not immune from liability under the facts alleged in plaintiffs' complaint. We therefore...

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