Legal Opinion
Mikkelsen v. State of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 29, 1976No. Civ. 47540PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FORD, P. J.
The plaintiffs in two consolidated actions to recover damages for wrongful death have appealed from a judgment for the defendant State of California (hereinafter the State) rendered after the trial of the issue raised by the State’s affirmative defense of immunity pursuant to Government Code section 830.6. (Code Civ. Proc., § 597.) The deaths were caused by the collapse in the severe earthquake of February 9, 1971, of an elevated concrete connector (hereinafter bridge) which crossed over lanes of the Golden State Freeway in the Sylmar area. The decedents were traveling in a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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