California Court of Appeal

In a case involving claims for violation of Vehicle Code section 21701 and civil conspiracy, arising from allegations that defendant, a passenger in a vehicle, told the driver to drive at an unsafe speed over a road defendant knew had unusual conditions that would cause the car to become airborne, resulting in a fatal accident, the trial court's grant of summary judgment to defendant is reversed where the evidence raises triable issues for a jury as to whether to impose joint liability on defendant for her conduct on the night in question on a theory of concert of action or conspiracy, and also as to whether she unreasonably interfered with the safe operation of a vehicle within the meaning of Vehicle Code section 21701 to support a cause of action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/22/2015
• Published 06/22/2015

Judges

• O'ROURKE

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel