Sabina v. Yavapai County Flood Control District

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Janet Sabina and her husband William sued the Yavapai County Flood Control District for injuries she sustained when she fell at night into an unlit, unguarded drainage ditch in the City of Sedona. The District does not own the ditch or the land that it traverses, but has power, for the purpose of floodplain management, to regulate construction and usage in the vicinity of the ditch. In the Sabinas’ appeal from summary judgment in favor of the District, we consider whether the absence of guardrails or lighting along the ditch may be attributed to a breach of…