Is a city liable for failing to install a stop sign at an intersection?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Perry v. City of Santa Monica, 130 Cal.App.2d 370, 279 P.2d 92 (Cal. App. 1955):
A local authority is not liable under the Public Liability Act of 1923 for failure to install a stop sign at an intersection in the absence of a defective or dangerous condition in public property. We are not to be understood as holding that once having installed a stop sign a city may not be liable for failing to maintain it. See Rose v. County of Orange, 94 Cal.App.2d 688, 211 P.2d 45.
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