Guzman v. Co. of Monterey 9/25/07 CA6

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: H030647

Case Date: 01/03/2008

Preview:Filed 9/25/07

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

JAVIER R. GUZMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

H030647 (Monterey County Super. Ct. No. M71543)

Plaintiffs are 80 men, women, and children who were residents of Jensen Camp Mobile Home Park (Jensen Camp) in Monterey County between 1995 and 2003. Plaintiffs allege that Jensen Camp water was contaminated with dangerously high levels of naturally occurring fluoride since at least 1995 but that plaintiffs were not told about the contamination until 2003. Plaintiffs sued Rick Pinch who was Jensen Camp's owner and water system operator, the County of Monterey (County), and Monterey County Health Department. Plaintiffs appeal from judgment entered after the trial court sustained without leave to amend County's demurrer to the third amended complaint.1 The issue on appeal is whether provisions of the California Safe Drinking Water Act (Health & Saf. Code,

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