LOS OSOS VALLEY ASSOCIATES v. CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO

Docket No. B077802.

30 Cal.App.4th 1670 (1994)

36 Cal. Rptr.2d 758

LOS OSOS VALLEY ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

December 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Andre, Morris & Buttery, Dennis D. Law and Kathlene Bonnigson for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Hatch & Parent, Thomas D. Wise and Scott S. Slater for Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

GILBERT, J.

During a drought condition, a city supplies its citizens with water it draws from the ground. The groundwater pumping causes subsidence resulting in damage to buildings.

Here we hold the city is liable in inverse condemnation to the owner of the buildings.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court that appellant, the City of San Luis Obispo (the City), is liable in inverse condemnation for physical...

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