KLEIN v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Part-I
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>_</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >KLEIN v. </b><b<br /> >UNITED<br /> STATES OF AMERICA</b><b<br /> ></b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/26/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >IN THE SUPREME<br /> COURT OF </b><b >CALIFORNIA</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>ALAN RICHARD KLEIN et al., )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> Plaintiffs<br /> and Appellants, )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> v. )<br /> S165549<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., ) 9th<br /> Cir. No. 06-55510<br /> <br/> ) C.D. Cal. No. <br /> <br/> Defendants<br /> and Respondents. ) CV-05-05526-PA<br /> <br/>__________________________________ )<u></u><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Plaintiff Alan Richard Klein was riding a bicycle for<br /> recreation on a two-lane paved road in Angeles<br /> National Forest in Southern<br /> California when he was struck head-on by an automobile driven by a<br /> part-time volunteer working for the United States Fish and Wildlife<br /> Service. Having been seriously injured<br /> in the collision, plaintiff sued the United<br /> States government (the owner of the national forest land) and its volunteer<br /> worker.<br /> <br/>At<br /> issue here is the scope and applicability of California's<br /> Civil Code section 846, which provides, as relevant here, that a landowner<br /> â€