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JOHNS v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. 50511.

78 Cal.App.3d 983 (1978)

144 Cal. Rptr. 629

ANDREW JOHNS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants. JOHNIE S. CHOYCE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

March 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burt Pines, City Attorney, John T. Neville, Sr., Assistant City Attorney, and Daniel U. Smith, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Appellants.

Irmas, Simke & Chodos, Cochran, Atkins & Evans, Sydney M. Irmas, Jr., David Manning Chodos and Pamela Trescott Ashman for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

COMPTON, J.

In these consolidated wrongful death actions, plaintiffs, the parents of the decedent, sought damages against the City of Los Angeles and two members of the Los Angeles Police Department1 for the shooting death of the decedent.

The shooting occurred when police officers of the City of Los Angeles, seeking to arrest a suspect for a crime committed in that city, mistakenly entered...

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