Valley Honey v. East Bay Municipal Utility Dist. CA3

Filed 8/17/22 Valley Honey v. East Bay Municipal Utility Dist. CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(San Joaquin) ----

VALLEY HONEY, INC., et al., C093454

Plaintiffs and Appellants, (Super. Ct. No.

STKCVUOT201800000071)

v.

EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT,

Defendant and Respondent.

In any negligence suit, a plaintiff must demonstrate “ ‘a legal duty to use due care, a breach of such legal duty, and [that] the breach [is] the proximate or legal cause of the resulting injury.’ ” (Beacon Residential Community Assn. v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (2014) 59 Cal.4th 568, 573.) In this case, plaintiffs Valley Honey, Inc. and Christobal Espinosa (collectively plaintiffs) sued defendant East Bay Municipal Utility…