Alcaraz v. Vece

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.—Plaintiff

Gilardo C. Alcaraz was injured when he stepped into a water meter box located in the lawn in front of the rental property of which he was a tenant. The cover of the meter box either was broken or missing. He sued his landlords, but the superior court granted summary judgment for defendants because the meter box was not located on defendants’ property, but within an adjacent strip of land owned by the city, running between the sidewalk and defendants’ property line.

For the reasons that follow, we affirm the Court of Appeal’s ruling that the superior court erred in…