ROBERTS v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. 56243.

109 Cal.App.3d 625 (1980)

167 Cal. Rptr. 320

WILLARD ROBERTS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant.

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

August 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burt Pines, City Attorney, John T. Neville, Sr., Assistant City Attorney, and S. Thomas Todd, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mohi & Glasman and Gary Mohi for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

STEPHENS, J.

The City of Los Angeles (hereinafter City) appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Willard Roberts (hereafter Roberts), in which the jury returned a unanimous general verdict awarding plaintiff $32,250 for battery and false imprisonment.

Roberts' complaint against the City arose out of an altercation with a Los Angeles City police officer during which he alleges that he was battered and, as a result...

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