California Court of Appeal

The State of California, various counties, and public entities were correctly found liable in tort and inverse condemnation, for extensive flood damage caused when a river levee project failed during a heavy rainstorm.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2002
• Published 06/25/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Lepper & Harrington, Gary M. Lepper, Matthew P. Harrington, Walnut Creek, Santa Cruz County Counsel, Samuel Torres, Jr., for Defendants/Appellants:  County of Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz County Flood Control and Water Conservation District., Bruce A. Behrens, Sacramento, David Gossage, Janet Wong, Lucille Y. Baca, San Francisco, for Defendant/Appellant:  State of California., McDonough, Holland & Allen, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Mark A. Wasser, Andrew P. Pugno;  and Adrienne M. Grover, County Counsel, Monterey County, for Defendants/Appellants:  Monterey County, Monterey County Water Resources Agency., Morrison & Foerster, James P. Bennett, George C. Harris, Andrew D. Muhlbach, John A. Pacheco, San Francisco, Law Offices of Haselton & Haselton, Joseph G. Haselton, Soquel, Carlson, Calladine & Peterson, Randy W. Gimple, San Francisco, Johnson & James, Omar F. James, Robert K. Johnson, Aptos, for Plaintiffs/Respondents:  James Arreola et al.