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Personal Injury & Torts

Jul. 14, 2001

Juries to Decide on Design Immunity Defense, Court Says

SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors, not judges, must decide whether Caltrans is immune from lawsuits over allegedly dangerous roadway design flaws that lead to injuries, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors, not judges, must decide whether Caltrans is immune from lawsuits over allegedly dangerous roadway design flaws that lead to injuries, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
        As a result, Rodney and Stacy Cornette of Wood...

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