KETCGUM v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. C026528.

62 Cal.App.4th 957 (1998)

PAMELA KETCHUM et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

March 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Poswall & White, John M. Poswall and Aram Kouyoumdjian for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Daniel L. Lungren, Attorney General, Margaret A. Rodda, Assistant Attorney General, Darryl Doke, James H. Wernicke and Alberto L. Gonzalez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

MORRISON, J.

Plaintiffs, daughters of the deceased, brought a wrongful death action against the State of California (the State); their mother died from injuries she received after being struck by a car that was being pursued by the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The trial court granted the State's motion for summary judgment on the basis that the State had immunity under Vehicle Code section 17004.7 (section 17004.7). Plaintiffs...

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