Legal Opinion
Kaslavage v. West Kern County Water District
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 1, 1978No. Civ. 3007PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ANDREEN, J. *
Plaintiff-appellant Gary Kaslavage was swimming in a canal managed and controlled by the Buena Vista Water District (herein called Buena Vista) on March 30, 1975. The canal is traversed by an irrigation pipe owned by respondent West Kern County Water District (herein called West Kern). West Kern is a local public entity within the meaning of Government Code section 900.4. When diving from the pipe into the canal the plaintiff struck his head resulting in serious injuries.
Plaintiff learned of the fact that West Kern owned the pipe after the 100-day time limit within which a…
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