California Court of Appeal

In case where disabled woman slipped and fell in front of defendant's store, judgment for defendants on claims of negligence per se and denial of access is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to show that she was, in fact, denied equal access to the store; and 2) the disabled access regulations governing the slope of parking spaces were not intended to prevent the type of accident plaintiff suffered.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2007
• Published 09/18/2007

Judges

• MARGULIES, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Reed Smith, Paul D. Fogel, Dennis Peter Maio, San Francisco;  Hinton, Alfert & Sumner, Peter W. Alfert, Elise R. Sanguinetti, Walnut Creek;  Gibbons & Conley, Peter A. Urhausen, Walnut Creek, for Plaintiff and Appellant Dianne Urhausen.


• For Appellees:
  
• Archer Norris, W. Eric Blumhardt, Walnut Creek, for Defendant and Respondent Longs Drug Stores California, Inc., Haapala, Altura, Thompson & Abern, Steven Sheriff Abern, Oakland, for Defendants and Respondents David H. Malcolm & Associates, George Ogino and Patty Ogino.