ASGARI v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. S051825.

15 Cal.4th 744 (1997)

ARDESHIR ASGARI, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

June 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Thomas C. Hokinson, G. Daniel Woodard and Katherine J. Hamilton, Assistant City Attorneys, and Lisa S. Berger, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Appellants.

Ruth Sorensen, Manning, Marder & Wolfe and Robert S. Wolfe as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Marjorie G. Fuller for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GEORGE, C.J.

Plaintiff Ardeshir Asgari was arrested and later charged with a criminal offense. He remained in custody for more than seven months, until he was acquitted following a jury trial. He sued the arresting police officers, and the city that employed them, for false arrest and related causes of action and, following a jury trial, obtained a judgment against the city and one of the officers in the amount of $1,327,000...

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