LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California condominium complex that failed to provide enough parking spaces for visitors isn’t liable for the injuries of a woman who was hit by a car after she parked offsite and attempted to cross a busy five-lane thoroughfare, an appeals court ruled.
While landowners in some cases can be liable for accidents that occur off their property, the Second Appellate District held in an April 30 decision, plaintiff Anaeis Issakhani bears responsibility for jaywalking across the street instead of using a marked pedestrian crosswalk a short distance away.
“It was the visitor’s decision rather than the landowner’s to select an offsite parking space on the far side of a busy street,” the appeals court ruled.