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MUNOZ v. OLIN

Docket No. L.A. 30908.

24 Cal.3d 629 (1979)

596 P.2d 1143

156 Cal. Rptr. 727

CYNTHIA MUNOZ et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. DEREK OLIN et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

July 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

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

Manuel Lopez, Fielder & Fielder and Hugh B. Fielder for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

NEWMAN, J.

Appellants are the City of Los Angeles and two arson investigators who shot and killed William Munoz in the early morning hours of May 19, 1973. Respondents are his widow and children, plaintiffs in this wrongful death action.

Several arson incidents involving commercial property in Munoz' neighborhood had been reported. On the night of the shooting defendants...

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