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BROOKHOUSER v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. H007709.

10 Cal.App.4th 1665 (1992)

13 Cal. Rptr.2d 658

SHARON BROOKHOUSER an Incompetent Person, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

November 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Tyler B. Pon and Ronald V. Thunen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Stephen F. Von Till and Michael D. Imfeld for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.

Sharon Brookhouser, a mentally ill person, failed to return from a short leave from an unlocked board and care facility. Two days later she walked onto a highway and was struck and gravely injured by an automobile. Through a guardian ad litem she sued a number of defendants including the State of California and its employee, social worker Ellen Mary Farr...

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