Beecham

INTRODUCTION

This is the second appeal in an action by Praxedes E. Running, individually and as trustee of the Praxedes E. Running Trust, against the City of Azusa and Azusa Valley Water Company (collectively, the City), Covina Irrigating Company (CICO), and San Gabriel River Water Committee (the Committee). Running died during the litigation, and her daughter Patricia Beecham substituted into the case as Running’s personal representative and as successor cotrustee. For consistency with the opinion in the first appeal and for clarity, we refer to the plaintiff as Running.1 Running’s third amended complaint alleged causes of action against each defendant for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, financial elder abuse, and various torts. Running alleged each defendant,

Where necessary to refer specifically to Praxedes Running as an individual, we call her Praxedes.

2 acting in concert with and as an agent of the others, breached its obligations under a 1920 contract by, among other things, diverting water belonging to Running and trespassing on her property. Running alleged that, as a result of this wrongful conduct, she suffered…