SULLIVAN v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. L.A. 30251.

12 Cal.3d 710 (1974)

527 P.2d 865

117 Cal. Rptr. 241

JACK SULLIVAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hugh R. Manes for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John H. Larson, County Counsel, Philip H. Hickok, Peter R. Krichman and Thomas H. Warden, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

This case presents the question whether an individual who is confined in a county jail beyond his proper jail term may maintain an action for false imprisonment against the county or whether such a suit is barred by the governmental immunity provisions of the California Tort Claims Act. The superior court concluded that the governmental immunity sections precluded the action, but, as will appear, we have determined...

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