OConnor v. Tesoro
While traveling in their Ford Mustang eastbound on Copper Hill Drive in Santa Clarita, approaching the intersection of Avenida Rancho Tesoro, plaintiffs Sean OConnor and his wife, Angela, were struck head-on by a pickup truck driven in the opposite direction by Lionel Martinez, who crossed over the roadway. Among other defendants, they sued SUNCAL TESORO, LLC (SUNCAL), which was the developer of the Tesoro Del Valle project, including the roadway where the accident occurred. As against SUNCAL, plaintiffs alleged in relevant part that SUNCAL designed . . . constructed and/or maintained the roadway, and was negligent in failing to design, install, or maintain: (1) a form of channelization in the roadway that would indicate the routing of a left-turn pocket at the intersection; (2) reflective devices that would indicate a left turn and/or center median or that would lead a driver to unknowingly [sic] cross-over into on-coming east-bound traffic; and (3) failing to post adequate signage (reflective and otherwise) indicating a correct route of travel for west-bound traffic including, but not limited to, notification of a left-turn pocket, center median immediately west of the intersection of Copper Hill Drive and Avenida Rancho Tesoro.
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