Legal Opinion
Aetna Life & Casualty Co. v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 31, 1985No. Docket Nos. 69078, B002494PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, Acting P. J.
Thirty-eight homeowners, eight insurance companies, and the Great Western Council of the Boy Scouts of America brought the instant suit against the City of Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power. They prayed for compensation for damages resulting from the Mandeville Canyon Fire of October 1978, which, they alleged, was caused by sparks from defendants’ electrical power transmission lines along Mulholland Drive. Plaintiffs pleaded causes of action for negligent maintenance of a dangerous condition of public property and for inverse condemnation.
The trial…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Serrano v. PriestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Electro-Jet Tool & Manufacturing Co. v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1992
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