Cordova v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

KRUGER, J.

Under section 835 of the Government Code, 1 a public entity may be held liable for injury proximately caused by a dangerous condition of its property if the risk of injury was reasonably foreseeable and the entity had sufficient notice of the danger to take corrective measures.

In this case, the negligent driving of a third party motorist caused another car to strike a tree planted on a center median owned and maintained by the City of Los Angeles. The collision with the tree killed or injured all of the car’s occupants. Plaintiffs Antonio and Janis Cordova sued the city under…