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GARCIA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B092707.

42 Cal.App.4th 177 (1996)

49 Cal. Rptr.2d 580

SUANNE GARCIA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

January 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burton & Norris, John C. Burton and Debra K. Butler for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Williams & Associates, Christopher Brizzolara, Pollak, Vida & Fisher, Girard Fisher and Daniel P. Barer for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

VOGEL (C.S.), J. —

INTRODUCTION

Following his arrest, which allegedly was accomplished with excessive force including a carotid chokehold, decedent Philip Vogel died of asphyxiation. Alleging that the police and paramedics violated decedent's federal civil rights, decedent's sister, in her capacity as representative of his estate, brought this action pursuant...

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