ZUNIGA v. HOUSING AUTHORITY

Docket No. B075700.

41 Cal.App.4th 82 (1995)

48 Cal. Rptr.2d 353

JUAN ZUNIGA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

December 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Litt & Marquez, Barrett S. Litt, Mercedes M. Marquez, Jason R. Litt, Vicki Cody and Brenda E. Sutton for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gen Fujuioka and Maeve Elise Brown as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Thomas C. Hokinson, Assistant City Attorney, Katherine J. Hamilton, Deputy City Attorney, Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Paul W. Engstrom, Elizabeth L. Crooke and Cynthia L. Choate for Defendants and Respondents.

Thomas E. Campagne and Sarah A. Wolfe as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

HASTINGS, J.

Juan Zuniga and his extended family were residents of the Jordan Downs public housing project in the City of Los Angeles, which was operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (the Authority). After a fire set by arsonists killed five members of the family, the surviving members (appellants) filed a lawsuit against the Authority and the City of Los...

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