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POOL v. CITY OF OAKLAND

Docket No. S.F. 24860.

42 Cal.3d 1051 (1986)

728 P.2d 1163

232 Cal. Rptr. 528

GEORGE LLOYD POOL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF OAKLAND et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

December 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard E. Winnie, City Attorney, Mark Shragge, Deputy City Attorney, David Weingard, Mintz, Giller, Himmelman & Mintz, David A. Himmelman and David S. Honler for Defendants and Appellants.

James E. Cox and Dan L. Garrett, Jr., for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Do the facts presented to the jury below support a finding of negligence against defendant Safeway Stores, Inc. (Safeway) for the harm it caused when, as part of its campaign to detect counterfeit currency, it reported to the police an erroneous and unsupported suspicion that a customer was tendering a counterfeit bill?

Does the trial court's error in instructing...

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