California Court of Appeal

In a suit arising out of an incident of suspected theft from an elder care facility, brought by the facility employee who was arrested on suspicion of the theft, the trial court's judgment to plaintiff and denial of defendants' motion for JNOV on false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims, is reversed where: 1) the immunity provision of Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, Weld. and Inst. Code section 15634, protects mandated reporters from liability for conduct that is integrally related to a report of suspected elder abuse; and 2) the undisputed evidence establishes that defendant's acts in this case constituted such conduct.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/07/22

Judges

• AARON

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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