Balmer v. City of Beverly Hills

Plaintiff obtained a judgment against defendant municipality for damages occasioned when she tripped and fell upon a defective sidewalk in the city of Beverly Hills. The sidewalk in question is in front of a theater building and the parking lot adjacent to it. About ten years before the accident a new sidewalk had been constructed in front of the parking lot in accordance with the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911. The sidewalk is approximately fourteen feet wide from curb to property line in front of the Fox Wilshire theater building and the adjoining parking lot. Of this width…