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WESTBROOKS v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. B004501.

173 Cal.App.3d 1203 (1985)

219 Cal. Rptr. 674

ANITA L. WESTBROOKS et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

November 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert F. Carlson, Joseph A. Montoya, Robert L. Meyer, Anthony J. Ruffolo, Ira W. Holroyd, Robert W. Vidor, Spray, Gould & Bowers, J. Jane Fox, Bruce Alan Finck and Susan B. Gans-Smith for Defendants and Appellants.

John A. Wellcome, Christina J. Imre, Pachter, Gold & Schaffer and Thomas F. Overlander for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

ABBE, J.

Appeal from judgment after jury trial against appellants State of California (State), County of Ventura (County) and Gregory Whitesell (Whitesell), a Deputy Sheriff of Ventura County. The verdict in favor of respondents, the widow and sons of the decedent, Paul Westbrooks, was in the sum of $1.3 million. Respondents brought this action for wrongful death against the State on a theory of the existence of a dangerous...

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