California Court of Appeal

Judgment for defendants on plaintiff's claim that defendants were vicariously liable under Government Code section 815.2 for false imprisonment by sheriff's deputies, after he was held in custody for 11 days pursuant to a bench warrant issued for another person, is reversed and remanded, where a county can be held vicariously liable for false imprisonment by county employees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/02/2013
• Published 07/02/2013

Judges

• ASHMANN-GERST

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel