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Wong v. 396 Investment Co.

5/17/2005

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(b) Substantial factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16


(c) Allocation of damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17


(d) Reasonableness standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18


(5) Exclusion of Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20


(a) Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20


(b) McLarty slope stability calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20


(c) 2001 groundwater data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21


(d) Unnoticed borings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22


(e) New grading plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23


C. DESIGN IMMUNITY [liability affirmed]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25


(1) Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25


(2) Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28


(3) Reservoir Liner Design and Loss of any Design Immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30


(4) Underdrain System Abandonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33


D. WATER CODE SECTION 6101 [no error]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40


E. TORT CLAIMS FILING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42


(1) 396's Claim [timely filed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42


(a) Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42


(b) One-year deadline: Government Code sections 945.4, 911.2, and 901 . . 43


(c) Waiver of timeliness defense: Government Code section 911.3 . . . . . . . . 45


(d) Waiver of defense based on trial court proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48


(e) Estoppel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50


(i) introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50


(ii) four-part test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52


(iii) Anaheim's knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52


(iv) Anaheim's conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53


(v) 396's knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55


(vi) 396's reliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59


(vii) conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60


(2) Claims of Biazeviches, Marions, Robinson and Wei . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60


(a) Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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