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BUFORD v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. 5050.

104 Cal.App.3d 811 (1980)

164 Cal. Rptr. 264

DONNA BUFORD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

April 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James J. Igoe for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, John M. Morrison and Bruce J. Braverman, Deputy Attorneys General, Hurlbutt, Clevenger, Long & Vortmann, Paul Vortmann, Philip B. Laird, Jr., Chinello, Chinello, Shelton & Auchard, Daniel I. Aller III and John D. Chinello, Jr., for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

ZENOVICH, J.

In this case we deal with a state mental hospital's potential liability for a person who is released from its confines and who is allegedly known to be a social menace to the community in which he is released. Plaintiffs commenced an action against the State of California (hereinafter referred to as State), the County of Tulare (hereinafter referred to as County...

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