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HAGGIS v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. S074364.

93 Cal.Rptr.2d 327 (2000)

22 Cal.4th 490

993 P.2d 983

Paul HAGGIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

March 9, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hart, King & Coldren, William R. Hart, Santa Ana, Richard P. Gerber; Berger & Norton and Pamela S. Schmidt, Santa Monica, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Patricia V. Tubert and William L. Waterhouse, Assistant City Attorneys, for Defendant and Respondent.

Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson and Clifford F. Campbell, San Leandro, for 136 California Cities and the California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Pamela Smith-Steward, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Margaret A. Rodda, Assistant Attorney General, Darryl L. Doke and Gordon B. Burns, Deputy Attorneys General, for the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

WERDEGAR, J.

Paul Haggis sued the City of Los Angeles (the City) on four causes of action for breach of mandatory duties (Gov. Code, § 815.6) arising out of the City's failure to follow certain directives in its own municipal code regarding development of property in landslide zones. He seeks to impose liability on the City for damages he suffered after purchasing a developed piece of property on unstable land. The superior court sustained the City's demurrer...

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