Treweek v. City of Napa
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLINE, P. J.
Introduction
“An object is what it is.” So stated the Court of Appeal in Farnham v. City of Los Angeles (1998) 68 Cal.App.4th 1097 [80 Cal.Rptr.2d 720], waiving aside concerns that its broad definition of “trail” under Government Code section 831.4, 1 would result in expansion of the term beyond recognition, providing a governmental entity “the incentive to call anything it wishes a ‘trail’ in order to qualify for section 831.4 immunity.” (68 Cal.App.4th at p. 1103.) Here, we are confronted with the question whether a public boat dock ramp is unquestionably a “trail,”…
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