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BROWN v. POWAY UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

Docket No. S023272.

4 Cal.4th 820 (1993)

843 P.2d 624

15 Cal. Rptr.2d 679

FRANCIS BROWN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. POWAY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James H. Miller and Douglas A. Stoodt for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stutz, Gallagher & Artiano, Daniel R. Shinoff, Jack M. Sleeth, Jr., Susan L. Mason, Richard C. Thomas and Sidney A. Stutz for Defendant and Respondent.

John W. Witt, City Attorney (San Diego), Eugene P. Gordon, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Leslie J. Girard, Deputy City Attorney, Fred J. Hiestand, Liebman, Reiner & McNeil and Joseph R. Zamora as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

Plaintiff sued a public entity to recover for personal injuries after he slipped and fell on public property. The Court of Appeal held that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur precluded summary judgment for the public entity even though there was no evidence to show how the slippery object came to be on the floor or that the public entity had notice of the hazard. We reverse.

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