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LUCAS v. CITY OF LONG BEACH

Docket No. 47133.

60 Cal.App.3d 341 (1976)

131 Cal. Rptr. 470

HELEN LEE LUCAS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

July 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Leonard Putnam, City Attorney, Robert E. Shannon and Gerald Desmond, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendants and Appellants.

Demler, Perona, Langer, Bergkvist, Lauchengco & Manzella and Major Alan Langer for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

COMPTON, J.

Plaintiff Helen Lee Lucas brought an action against the City of Long Beach and Sergeant C.V. Riley, a member of that city's police department for the wrongful death of her 17-year-old son Stephen. A jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $40,500. Defendants appeal from the judgment entered on the verdict.

At about 1:15 a.m., on August 20, 1971, two patrol officers of the Long Beach...

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