Legal Opinion
ASTENIUS v. State
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 2, 2005No. B173131PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, P. J.
Plaintiffs are children of a woman who died in an accident on a trail within a recreational area owned and operated by the State of California. We conclude the state is immune from liability under Government Code section 831.4. We affirm the judgment entered following the trial court’s sustaining of the state’s demurrer.
FACTS
Tammy Geary died from injuries received while driving an off-highway vehicle (OHV) in the Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area (Hungry Valley). Hungry Valley is owned and operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.…
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