LOPEZ v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. E015968.

49 Cal.App.4th 1292 (1996)

ESPERANZA LOPEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

October 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Will Hawes for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Margaret A. Rodda, Assistant Attorney General, Kristin G. Hogue and Patricia E. Mundy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

WARD, J.

Defendant and respondent State of California (State) moved for discretionary dismissal of plaintiffs' action for failure to prosecute. The trial court granted the motion to dismiss. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The incident giving rise to this action occurred in August of 1989. Plaintiffs filed their complaint for damages alleging wrongful death...

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