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WALKER v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. B016197.

192 Cal.App.3d 1393 (1987)

238 Cal. Rptr. 146

CLAYTON WALKER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent.

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

June 25, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Savin & Bursk, George J. Savin, Jr., and Bonnie Marie Bursk for Plaintiff and Appellant.

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel, and Dennis M. Gonzales, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

As best our research indicates, this case raises an issue of first impression in California. Does a public employee create a "special relationship" with a private citizen by asking that citizen to perform a public function which involves a foreseeable risk of injury? If so, the public employee owes a duty of due care toward the private...

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