Legal Opinion
Ceja v. Department of Transportation
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 21, 2011No. F058568PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LEVY, Acting P. J.
In May 2003, Gerardo Ceja and Simon Olivarez were killed in a cross-median accident on State Route 99 (SR 99). Appellants, the decedents’ surviving family members, sued respondent, the Department of Transportation (Department), for wrongful death damages. Appellants alleged that the lack of a median barrier created a dangerous condition.
In 1992, the Department conducted an investigation of the stretch of SR 99 that included the accident location. A Department engineer recommended that a median barrier be installed. However, because this section of highway was to be…
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