City of Santee v. County of San Diego

Opinion

FROEHLICH, J.

Cross-defendant County of San Diego (County) appeals from a judgment in favor of cross-complainants City of Santee (San-tee) and Southwest Signal Company (Southwest), and from the order denying County’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The judgment required County to indemnify cross-complainants, jointly, in an amount representing 9 percent of the settlement sum paid to plaintiff Fleming by cross-complainants.

The sole issue necessary to disposition of this case is whether County owed a duty in tort to cross-complainants. In light of our decision that no…