California Court of Appeal
B.B. v. County of Los Angeles , 264946
Affirmed in part and reversed in part an order for summary adjudication in a wrongful death lawsuit brought after a man had a heart attack during a violent struggle with several sheriff's deputies who had come to arrest him. In reversing, the appeals court held that the trial court erred in holding one of the deputies liable for the full amount of the noneconomic damages award because comparative fault principles mandated proportional liability. The appeals court also held that plaintiffs' claims for civil rights violations under Civil Code section 51.2 should have been allowed to proceed to trial rather than being dismissed on summary adjudication.
Appellate Information
- Published 2018/07/10
Judges
- Egerton
Court
- California Court of Appeal