WATTS v. COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

Docket No. 21319.

136 Cal.App.3d 232 (1982)

186 Cal. Rptr. 154

TOM WATTS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John Kappos for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Bolling, Walter & Gawthrop, Steven H. Gurnee and George E. Murphy for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

SPARKS, J.

In this case we consider the tort immunity of peace officers who are called upon to intervene in a dispute. Ruling that plaintiffs' second amended complaint failed to state a cause of action, the trial court sustained without leave to amend the demurrer of defendant County of Sacramento. We agree that the conduct of the officers in resolving that dispute constituted...

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