KLEIN v.
STATES OF AMERICA
Filed 7/26/10
IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF CALIFORNIA
ALAN RICHARD KLEIN et al., )
)
Plaintiffs
and Appellants, )
)
v. )
S165549
)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., ) 9th
Cir. No. 06-55510
) C.D. Cal. No.
Defendants
and Respondents. ) CV-05-05526-PA
__________________________________ )
Plaintiff Alan Richard Klein was riding a bicycle for
recreation on a two-lane paved road in Angeles
National Forest in Southern
California when he was struck head-on by an automobile driven by a
part-time volunteer working for the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service. Having been seriously injured
in the collision, plaintiff sued the United
States government (the owner of the national forest land) and its volunteer
worker.
At
issue here is the scope and applicability of California's
Civil Code section 846, which provides, as relevant here, that a landowner
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| Description | Plaintiff Alan Richard Klein was riding a bicycle for recreation on a two-lane paved road in Angeles National Forest in Southern California when he was struck head-on by an automobile driven by a part-time volunteer working for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Having been seriously injured in the collision, plaintiff sued the United States government (the owner of the national forest land) and its volunteer worker. At issue here is the scope and applicability of California's Civil Code section 846, which provides, as relevant here, that a landowner †|
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