Falcon v. Beverly Hills Mortgage Corp‪.‬

In June 1986, the plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the defendants Buckeye Irrigation Company (Buckeye) and Arlington Canal Company (Arlington) alleging, among other things, that the defendants negligence had caused the plaintiffs land to become waterlogged, thus destroying its use as farm land. The case went to the jury on the negligence theory and the jury returned a verdict of $1,380,000, allocating fault as follows: contributory negligence of plaintiff, 20 percent; Arlington Canal Company, 20 percent; Buckeye Irrigation Company, 60 percent.