Legal Opinion
Preston v. Goldman
California Supreme Court
Decided July 14, 1986No. L.A. 32065PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LUCAS, J.
Should former owners, allegedly negligent in constructing an improvement on their property, be subject to liability for injuries sustained on that property long after they have relinquished all ownership and control? The Restatement Second of Torts proposes that liability is terminated upon termination of ownership and control except under specified exceptions, and we agree.
Facts
Defendants Jon and Marion Kubichan bought the subject property in 1968. Around January 1972, over the course of a weekend, they designed and built a pond with a fountain in their backyard for a total…
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