Anderson v. County of Santa Cruz

WOOD (Fred B.), J.

Plaintiffs are Sidney and Marie Gandrup, owners of certain real property that was damaged by fire, and K. Anderson, assignee of an insurer who reimbursed the Gandrups for a portion of their loss. They claim that the alleged damage was the proximate result of the spread of fire from a drainage ditch operated and maintained by the defendants across the Gandrup property. They seek to hold the defendant county under the Public Liability Act, and the other defendants (employees of the county) for negligence in the setting and supervision of the fire along the county’s ditch right…