Curtis v. City of Visalia
Filed 7/19/06 Curtis v. City of Visalia CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
ALBERT GEORGE CURTIS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF VISALIA, et al., Defendants and Respondents. |
F044621
(Super. Ct. No. 01-197549)
OPINION |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tulare County. Patrick O'Hara, Judge.
Fielder Fielder & Fielder and Scott L. Fielder, Hugh B. Fielder and Barbara Coffman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Dooley Herr & Peltzer and Leonard C. Herr and Quelie M. Saechao for Defendant and Respondent City of Visalia.
No appearance for Defendant and Respondent Highland Enterprises, Inc.
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This is an action for personal injuries suffered when a vehicle made a left turn into the path of the plaintiffs' motorcycle. The intersection where the accident occurred was adjacent to a newly developed housing subdivision. The housing developer had promised the city to install signal lights at the intersection by a date that had passed eight months earlier. As a temporary alternative to the signal lights, the city had then arranged with the developer to install a median barrier across the intersection, with left-turn â€