Legal Opinion
Higgins v. State of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 24, 1997No. G014942PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SONENSHINE, Acting P. J.
John Higgins and Stacy Higgins appeal from a judgment in favor of the State of California (the state) in an auto accident/ personal injury action. The court granted the state’s motion for summary judgment based on design immunity. (Gov. Code, § 830.6.) (All statutory references are to the Government Code.) The Higgins contend the state failed to establish all the elements of a complete defense.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On the morning of November 22, 1990, John and Stacy Higgins’s vehicle, traveling southbound at 65 miles per hour in the carpool lane of…
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