Castro v. State of California

Opinion

COBEY, J.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Marina Castro, from two judgments (Code Civ. Proc., § 58Id) dismissing her second amended complaint as to defendants, the State of California and the County of Los Angeles only, following the sustaining, without leave to amend, of their respective general demurrers to the pleading. The appeal lies. (Code Civ. Proc., § 904.1, subd. (a); 6 Witkin, Cal. Procedure (2d ed. 1971) Appeal, pt. 1, § 42, p. 4057.)

The fundamental question posed by this appeal is whether defendants state and county may be held liable for injuries allegedly inflicted upon…