Lopez v. Southern California Rapid Transit District

I would adopt as my own the very fine opinion of Justice Earl Johnson in the Court of Appeal. It follows:†

This case presents a difficult and important issue. Because the Southern California Rapid Transit District [hereafter RTD] is a public corporation, must the victims of criminal violence on board its buses be denied recovery for the RTD's breach of duty to "use the utmost care and diligence for their safe carriage"? (Civ. Code, § 2100) [I would] hold RTD is not immunized from fulfilling the same duty which would be imposed on a private company operating those same buses.

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