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ALCARAZ v. VECE

Docket No. S050761.

14 Cal.4th 1149 (1997)

GILARDO C. ALCARAZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PETER VECE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

January 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

B.E. Bergesen III, O'Brien & Harrington, William K. O'Brien and Colleen Duffy-Smith for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Joni Brandvold, Arnelle, Hastie, McGee, Willis & Greene, Otis McGee, Jr., and Jesper I. Rasmussen for Defendants and Respondents.

Gassett, Perry & Frank and Jacquelyn K. Wilson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

GEORGE, C.J.

Plaintiff Gilardo C. Alcaraz was injured when he stepped into a water meter box located in the lawn in front of the rental property of which he was a tenant. The cover of the meter box either was broken or missing. He sued his landlords, but the superior court granted summary judgment for defendants because the meter box was not located on defendants' property, but within an adjacent strip of land owned by the...

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