Knight v. City of Capitola

Opinion

BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.

While bodysurfing in the ocean at Capitola, Mark W. Knight was gravely injured when wave action abruptly hurled him against a hard sand bottom. He sued the City of Capitola, the County of Santa Cruz, and the State of California. The trial court granted all three defendants’ motions for summary judgment. Knight does not appeal from the judgment in favor of the state. We shall accept the parties’ assumption that the court’s orders constituted judgments finally disposing of Knight’s actions against the city and the county. Knight appeals from the judgment for the…