Darlene BONANNO, an Incompetent Person, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant and Appellant;
Diana BONTA', as Director, etc., Claimant and Respondent.
Darlene Bonanno, an Incompetent Person, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, Defendant and Respondent;
Diana Bonta', as Director, etc., Claimant and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 7, 2003.
As Modified April 7, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Law Offices of Walker & Hamilton, Walter H. Walker III, San Francisco, Timothy M. Hamilton, Mill Valley, and Dane J. Durham, for Plaintiff and Appellant and for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Low, Ball & Lynch, David B. Lynch, Dale L. Allen, Jr., San Francisco, Jennifer C. Rasmussen, Los Angeles, Christopher E. Arras, San Francisco, and Charles D. Redfield, for Defendant and Appellant and for Defendant and Respondent.
Rankin, Landsness, Lahde, Serverian & Stock, Michael C. Serverian, San Jose, and Alan S. Liang, for California Transit Insurance Pool as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant and Defendant and Respondent.
Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, David W. Baer and Kurt A. Franklin, San Francisco, for San Mateo County Transit District and 200 other public entities as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant and Defendant and Respondent.
Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant and Defendant and Respondent.
Law Offices of Ellen Lake and Ellen Lake, Oakland, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Newport Beach; Roland Wrinkle, Woodland Hills; Harvey R. Levine, San Diego; Robert Steinberg; Thomas G. Stolpman, Long Beach; William D. Turley, San Diego; Mary E. Alexander, San Francisco; Joseph Harbison III, Sacramento; Bruce Broilett; Douglas Devries, Sacramento; Leonard Sacks, Granada Hills; Tony Tanke, Redwood City; Lea-Ann Tratten; Steven J. Kleifield, Los Angeles; David Rosen; Moses Lebovits, Los Angeles; Christine Spagnoli; James Sturdevant, San Francisco; Daniel Smith; Deborah David, Los Angeles; Lawrence Drivon; Thor Emblem, Escondido; Rick Simons; David Casey, Jr., San Diego; Law Offices of Ian Herzog, Evan D. Marshall and Ian Herzog, Santa Monica, for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Stephanie Wald and Angela Botelho, Deputy Attorneys General, for Claimant and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
WERDEGAR, J.
The question presented is whether the location of a bus stop may constitute a "dangerous condition" of public property, within the meaning of Government Code sections 830 and 835,1 where, in order to reach the stop, bus patrons must cross a busy thoroughfare at an uncontrolled intersection. Assuming all other elements of an action under section 835 are proven, we conclude it may; no rule of law precludes imposition of liability...
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