California Court of Appeal

Schmidlin v. City of Palo Alto, H026841

In suit alleging police officers committed various constitutional and common-law torts when they detained and arrested plaintiff for public drunkenness, verdict for plaintiff on excessive force claim is affirmed as there was no reversible error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2007
• Published 12/04/2007

Judges

• RUSHING, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark Martel, Palo Alto, for Plaintiff and Appellant Michael Schmidlin.


• For Appellees:
  
• Office of the City Attorney, Gary M. Baum, City Attorney, William B. Mayfield, Senior City Attorney, Donald A. Larkin, Assistant City Attorney, Attorneys for Defendants and Appellants, The City of Palo Alto et al.