So You Think You Know the Law…(Answers to the Summer Edition 2012 of Gray Matters)

August 2012

1.  In California, a homeowner with a front yard that abuts a public sidewalk has a duty to maintain the sidewalk.  (True or False)

 True:  California Streets and Highways Code Section 5610 states in pertinent part that a homeowner “shall maintain any sidewalk in such condition that the sidewalk will not endanger persons or property…” For any questions you may have regarding premises liability, please contact Kevin Cruz  in our Encino office. Return to Newsletter.

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