RONALD H. BELAIR et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 22, 1988.
December 22, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Desmond, Miller, Desmond & Bartholomew, Richard F. Desmond, Gary Livaich, Redwine & Sherrill, Justin M. McCarthy, Albert Levy, Gideon Kanner, Retamal & Retamal, Sergio Retamal and Marvin H. Jeglin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Burton J. Goldstein, Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein, Janet A. Econome, Fadem, Berger & Norton, Michael M. Berger, Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, George Basye, Kevin M. O'Brien and Martha H. Lennihan as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Thompson & Colegate, Horvitz, Levy & Amerian, Barry R. Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Daniel J. Gonzalez, John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Marvin Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey T. Miller and Randall B. Christison, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.
Wasserman, Comden & Casselman, David B. Casselman, Elliot F. Borska, Mackenroth, Seley & Anwyl, Richard M. Jacobson, Diehl, Steinheimer, Riggio, Haydel & Mordaunt, Joseph H. Fagundes, Steven J. Weitzer, Baker, Manock & Jensen, Douglas B. Jensen, John L.B. Smith, Fred A. Silva, Meyers, Nave, Riback & West, Leslie Oster and Natalie E. West, City Attorney (Novato), as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
KAUFMAN, J.
When a flood control levee fails to retain waters within its design capacity, are plaintiff property owners who suffer damage from the resultant flooding entitled to recover on a theory of inverse condemnation without showing that the damage was caused by unreasonable conduct on the part of the defendant public entities? We conclude that in the case of an unintended breach of a flood control improvement, plaintiffs...
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