Legal Opinion
Reyes v. Kosha
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 22, 1998No. D026302PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’NEILL, J. *
Humberto Barcenas died and Manuel Reyes was injured as a result of a fire in an encampment occupied by Barcenas, Reyes and other migrant workers on land leased and farmed by defendant Ichiro Kosha (Kosha). Reyes, his wife, and Barcenas’s widow and children (collectively plaintiffs) filed the instant action against Kosha individually and doing business as Kosha Farms, pleading negligence and other theories of liability. The court granted Kosha’s motion for summary judgment, primarily on the ground Kosha owed plaintiffs no duty of care. Plaintiffs contend Kosha breached both…
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