Legal Opinion
Klein v. United States
California Supreme Court
Decided July 26, 2010No. S165549PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, J.
Plaintiff Alan Richard Klein was riding a bicycle for recreation on a two-lane paved road in Angeles National Forest in Southern California when he was struck head-on by an automobile driven by a part-time volunteer working for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Having been seriously injured in the collision, plaintiff sued the United States government (the owner of the national forest land) and its volunteer worker.
At issue here is the scope and applicability of California’s Civil Code section 846, which provides, as relevant here, that a landowner “owes no duty…
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