CITY OF LOMITA v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. 67798.

148 Cal.App.3d 671 (1983)

196 Cal. Rptr. 221

CITY OF LOMITA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent.

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

November 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Leland C. Dolley and Douglas G. Carroll for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel, Donald K. Bryne, Chief Deputy County Counsel, Daniel D. Mikesell, Jr., and Rafael A. Ongkeko, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

KINGSLEY, Acting P.J.

Plaintiff cities appeal from an adverse judgment in an action to compel the County to pay for emergency ambulance service rendered to indigent residents of those cities.1 The trial court held that no such duty existed; we reverse.

The two cities here involved,2 and other cities in Los Angeles County (County), have contracts with the County...

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