Feb. 6, 2004

County May Be Sued for Injury From Riding Scooter

Focus Column - Tort Law - By Michael Paul Thomas - In 1855, the state Supreme Court, in one of its most laconic opinions ever, averred that "a drunken man is as much entitled to a safe street as a sober one, and much more in need of it." Robinson v. Pioche, Bayerque & Co., 5 Cal. 460 (1855). Some 150 years later, a state Court of Appeal has applied the same concept to a little girl riding her scooter down the street.