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PRESTON v. GOLDMAN

Docket No. L.A. 32065.

42 Cal.3d 108 (1986)

720 P.2d 476

227 Cal. Rptr. 817

CLINTON PRESTON, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALLAN GOLDMAN et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael T. Pines, Michael Goldstein, C. Daniel Carroll and Panther, Pines, McCann & Goldstein for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Demler & Armstrong, Robert W. Armstrong, Emmet Thornton, Simon, Buckner, Haile & Migdal, Scott Simon, Stuart L. Brody, Lascher & Lascher, Edward L. Lascher, Wendy Cole Lascher, Finn, Alsop, Silva & Clasen and Tracy L. Gildemeister for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

LUCAS, J.

Should former owners, allegedly negligent in constructing an improvement on their property, be subject to liability for injuries sustained on that property long after they have relinquished all ownership and control? The Restatement Second of Torts proposes that liability is terminated upon termination of ownership and control except under specified exceptions, and we agree.

FACTS

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