SACKETT v. PUBLIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT

Docket No. A047880.

222 Cal.App.3d 1088 (1990)

272 Cal. Rptr. 284

SCOTT SACKETT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PUBLIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

August 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy and James Attridge for Plaintiff and Appellant

Donahue, Gallagher, Thomas & Woods, Andrew W. Lafrenz and Renee D. Wasserman for Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

KING, J.

In this case we hold that the contract between the operator and renter of a public storage unit defines their legal relationship. Thus, when the renter's storage unit lock was rendered inoperable by vandalism and the operator placed its own lock on the unit, the provisions of their contract controlled and no involuntary bailment was created.

This is an action for negligence for the loss of Scott Sackett's...

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