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CARPENTER v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. B047676.

230 Cal.App.3d 923 (1991)

281 Cal. Rptr. 500

GEORGE E. CARPENTER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent.

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

May 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dewberry & Emmer and Howard A. Emmer for Plaintiff and Appellant.

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, John T. Neville, Thomas C. Hokinson and Richard M. Helgeson, Assistant City Attorneys, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

GOERTZEN, J.

Plaintiff/appellant George E. Carpenter (appellant) sued defendant/respondent the City of Los Angeles (City), for damages he suffered when he was shot by an unknown assailant allegedly in retaliation for having testified against a defendant in a preliminary hearing. The City successfully moved for summary judgment.

This appeal asks us to determine whether a city, through its police department, owes a duty...

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