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LEWIS v. MENDOCINO FIRE PROTECTION DIST.

Docket No. 52470.

142 Cal.App.3d 345 (1983)

190 Cal. Rptr. 883

ROBERT A. LEWIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MENDOCINO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent.

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

April 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert R. Harlan, Stephen F. Boutin, Jane Dickson and Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Anthony E. Graham for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

LOW, P.J.

In this case we hold that Government Code section 850.4 does not grant immunity to a fire district when its personnel negligently injure a person rescued during a nonfirefighting incident.

Robert A. Lewis appeals from a judgment entered after the trial court sustained defendant's demurrer on the ground that section 850.4 provides governmental immunity against plaintiff's lawsuit for injuries allegedly sustained...

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