MERCURY CASUALTY CO. v. CITY OF PASADENA

Nos. B266959, B268452.

14 Cal.App.5th 917 (2017)

MERCURY CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF PASADENA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

August 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richards, Watson, & Gershon, Robert C. Ceccon , Saskia T. Asamura , T. Peter Pierce , Stephanie Cao ; Michelle Beal Bagneris , Ann S. Rider and Javan N. Rad for Defendant and Appellant.

Moscone Emblidge Otis, G. Scott Emblidge and Erin H. Reding for the League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties, California Park and Recreation Society, Professor Daniel P. Selmi and Professor John Echeverria as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Jonathan M. Coupal , Trevor A. Grimm , Timothy A. Bittle and Brittany A. Sitzer for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Law Offices of Robert A. Stutman, Timothy E. Cary , Brian M. Wong and Nathan R. Hurd for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

In 2011, a storm brought hurricane-force winds to the City of Pasadena (City), uprooting more than 2,000 trees. One of those trees fell on the home of Sarah and Christopher Dusseault, causing severe property damage. Before it fell, the tree stood in a parkway that abuts the Dusseaults'...

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