Charpentier v. Von Geldern

Opinion

EVANS, J.

Plaintiff Gary Charpentier appeals from a judgment dismissing his action as to defendant Maijorie Von Geldern 1 after the trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The primary question presented is whether a private owner of land bordering a navigable river is entitled to the protection of Civil Code section 846 when a person enters onto that land for access to the river for a recreational purpose, is injured while so using the river, and the landowner has done nothing to obstruct or impede that use. We answer in the affirmative and conclude the trial court…