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VAN ORT v. ESTATE OF STANEWICH

Nos. 94-56766, 95-55284.

92 F.3d 831 (1996)

Donald VAN ORT; Helen Van Ort, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Michael STANEWICH, deceased; Anna L. Prevost, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Stanewich; County of San Diego; San Diego County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees. Donald VAN ORT; Helen Van Ort, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Anna L. PREVOST, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Stanewich; County of San Diego; San Diego County Sheriff's Department, Defendants, and Estate of Michael Stanewich, deceased, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin Chemerinsky, University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California; Dwight Ritter, San Diego, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

Greg J. Ryan, Sparber, Ferguson, Naumann, Ponder & Ryan, San Diego, California, for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant, Estate of Stanewich.

Ricky R. Sanchez, Deputy County Counsel, San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: WALLACE and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and BROWNING, District Judge.

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Donald Van Ort and his grandmother, Helen (the Van Orts), appeal from the district court's judgment reversing a jury verdict in their favor. The Van Orts also appeal from the district court's judgment against them on their state law negligence claims.

The Estate of Stanewich (Estate) joins in the Van Orts' appeal of the district court's rulings on the federal civil rights and state law negligence claims. It separately appeals from the...

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