Legal Opinion
Bookout v. State of California Ex Rel. Department of Transportation
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 28, 2010No. B214906PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, P. J.
Plaintiff alleges damages because several defendants caused flooding on his property when it rained. We conclude, among other things, that the flooding allegedly caused by the public entities here does not constitute control or posession of the plaintiff’s property. Therefore the three-year statute of limitations applies.
We also conclude that the rules of causation are the same whether applied in inverse condemnation or tort.
Plaintiff brought this action against a number of public entities and a railroad claiming defendants caused his property to flood when it rained. The…
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- Sprague v. Equifax, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1985
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