Law Practice
Oct. 2, 2008
Landowners' Case Rests on Solid Ground
“A permanent ban on home construction cannot be based merely on a fear of personal injury or significant property damage,” Presiding Justice Robert M. Mallano wrote on behalf of the 2nd District Court of Appeal panel.
By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A group of Rancho Palos Verdes landowners, who have waited for decades to build on a slowly shifting "landslide," were on solid ground Wednesday, when a state appellate court decided in their favor.
A 2nd District Court of Appeal panel ruled unanimously that the city of Rancho Palos Verdes had wrongly restricted the landowners from building on a chunk of land that the city considered dangerous. The ci...
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