TANSAVATDI v. CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES

No. S267453.

14 Cal.5th 639 (2023)

BETTY TANSAVATDI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

April 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mardirossian & Associates; Mardirossian Akaragian , Garo Mardirossian , Armen Akaragian , Adam Feit ; The Linde Law Firm, Douglas A. Linde , Erica A. Gonzales ; Esner, Chang & Boyer, Holly N. Boyer , Shea S. Murphy ; Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey I. Ehrlich for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Singleton Schreiber McKenzie & Scott and Benjamin I. Siminou for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wesierski & Zurek, Frank J. D'Oro , David M. Ferrante-Alan ; Pollak, Vida & Barer, Daniel P. Barer and Anna L. Birenbaum for Defendant and Respondent.

Hanson Bridgett, Alexandra V. Atencio , Adam W. Hofmann and David C. Casarrubias for League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties, California Special Districts Association, California Association of Joint Powers Authorities and Independent Cities Risk Management Authority as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Erin E. Hollbrook , Alan M. Steinberg , Joann Georgallis , Judith A. Carlson and Brandon S. Walker for Department of Transportation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

Under the Government Claims Act (Gov. Code, § 810 et seq.), a public entity can be held liable for either creating a dangerous condition on its property (id., § 835, subd. (a)) or failing to protect against such a condition when the entity had notice of the danger and sufficient time to remedy...

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