EDSON v. CITY OF ANAHEIM

No. G016576.

74 Cal.Rptr.2d 614 (1998)

63 Cal.App.4th 1269

Debra Lynn EDSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF ANAHEIM et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

May 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton, Barbaro & Reilly and William O. Humphreys, Santa Ana, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ferguson, Praet & Sherman and Bruce D. Praet, Santa Ana, for Defendants and Respondents.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

BEDSWORTH, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a defense verdict in a wrongful death action. The lawsuit arose from an incident in which Robert Edson was shot and killed when Anaheim Police Officer Smith, trying to arrest him, thought he was reaching for a gun.

Edson's widow and children (the Edsons) sued Smith and the City of Anaheim (City).1...

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