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ARROYO v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. B077432.

34 Cal.App.4th 755 (1995)

40 Cal. Rptr.2d 627

DARRON M. ARROYO, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

April 27, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cartwright, Slobodin, Bokelman, Borowsky, Wartnick, Moore & Harris, Dennis Kruszynski, Phillip Scott Chan and Jan A. Gruen for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Robert H. Francis and Joel A. Davis, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

GILBERT, J.

A child walks on a hiking trail in a state park. Suddenly a mountain lion leaps out from the brush and mauls the child. May the child sue the state for his injuries? No.

Government Code section 831.2 protects public entities and employees from liability for injuries caused by natural conditions on unimproved public property. Here we hold that mountain lions are part of the natural condition of the land...

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