Torts/Personal Injury
Sep. 1, 2021
Sidewalk homeless encampments: hidden trap or obvious condition?
A good Samaritan is distributing food and water at a homeless camp. She steps in the street to walk around a tent and is hit by a car. Does she have a case?
Michael E. Rubinstein
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Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Michael is a Los Angeles-based personal injury and accident attorney.
A good Samaritan visits the scene of a Los Angeles homeless encampment. Like every other encampment, this one is comprised of tents on the sidewalk; shopping carts brimming with odds and ends, and other items blocking the pedestrian right-of-way. The good Samaritan is distributing food and water to the homeless, and she needs to get around one row of tents to reach another. The sidewalk is blocked, so she steps onto the street for just a second. As she does so, she is...
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