California Court of Appeal

JACKSON v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, A091784

A utility is immune, under Civil Code section 846, from suit by a child who suffered injuries when he attempted to retrieve his kite from an overhead power line, and none of the statutory exceptions applies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/26/2001
• Published 12/26/2001

Judges

•  PARRILLI, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Timothy M. Smith, Evan Eickmeyer, McKinley & Smith, Sacramento, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven P. Burke, Kirk C. Jenkins, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, for Respondent.