DUFFY v. CITY OF OCEANSIDE

Docket Nos. D002552, D001527.

179 Cal.App.3d 666 (1986)

224 Cal. Rptr. 879

LYNNETTE M. DUFFY et al., Minors, etc., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF OCEANSIDE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

April 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kenneth L. Greenman, Jr., Helen H. Peak, Andreasen, Gore, Grosse, Greenman & Betz and William C. Halsey for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Marvin Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey T. Miller and Kristin G. Hogue, Deputy Attorneys General, Dennis W. Daley, Patricia A. Shaffer and Daley & Heft for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

WIENER, J.

This appeal involves the tragic murder of plaintiffs' mother by Joseph Larroque, a parolee of the state prison system, and arises out of plaintiffs' attempts to fix financial responsibility for that death on the State of California (State) — for failing to properly monitor Larroque's parole — and the City of Oceanside (City) — for employing Larroque and failing to warn the victim, also a city...

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