Legal Opinion
Flournoy v. State of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 9, 1964No. Civ. 10876PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, P. J.
Plaintiffs, the heirs' of Cherre Flournoy, deceased, appeal from a judgment following the sustaining of the State of California’s demurrer without leave to amend their wrongful death complaint.
The complainants’ cause of action against the state was based upon an alleged dangerous and defective condition of a highway. The accident happened on November 14, 1955; the complaint was filed February 27, 1956. The eight and a half years between the latter date and the present are to be accounted for by the metamorphic processes of the development of the law of governmental tort liability:…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Muskopf v. Corning Hospital DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
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- Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Bay Ridge Operating Co. v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by44 opinions
- County of Los Angeles v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- Graczyk v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- Sagaser v. McCarthyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- Transcentury Properties v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- Cabell v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
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