Tentative ruling on Jun. 01, 2022 in Contra Costa County, CA - Case no: xxxxx707

MSC19-01707
CASE NAME: PREET WALIA VS. CPX CARRIER INC.
HEARING ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION
*TENTATIVE RULING:*
Plaintiff Preet Walia, Plaintiff Roopreet Soorma, and Plaintiff Guarav Walia (collectively, “Plaintiffs”)
filed a complaint for damages for dangerous condition of public property against Defendant State of
California Department of Transportation (“Defendant” or “the State”).
The State moves for summary judgment on the ground that Plaintiffs are unable to establish that the
subject property is in dangerous condition under Government Code § 835 and pursuant to
Government Code § 830.8 which grants immunity to Caltrans.
For the following reasons, Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.
Brief Factual Background
The complaint arises out of a car accident in the early morning hours of May 25, 2018. A tractor trailer
crashed on eastbound Interstate 80 just before the Carquinez Bridge; it overturned, caugh….....