McKAY v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. A053957.

8 Cal.App.4th 937 (1992)

10 Cal. Rptr.2d 771

STEVEN A. McKAY et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

August 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, and Wayman M. Robertson, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Jeffrey L. Wall for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

KING, J.

In this case we hold that Health and Safety Code section 13007 permits recovery of lost profits from a business connected to property that is damaged by a negligently set fire. The State of California (the State) appeals from a money judgment for damages resulting when employees of the Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention set a controlled-burn fire adjacent to property owned by Steven A. McKay and Burt Cohen...

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