ONOSSIAN v. BLOCK

No. 97-56169.

175 F.3d 1169 (1999)

Noni ONOSSIAN; Cyril Onossian; Herve Onossian, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sherman BLOCK; Michael Antonovich; Deane Dana; Ed Edelman; Kenneth Hahn; Gloria Molina; County of Los Angeles; Daniel Finn; Larry Yates; Bruce Thomas, & One Hundred Unknown Named Employees & or Officials of County of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion R. Yagman and Stephen Yagman, Yagman & Yagman, Venice, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Roger H. Granbo, Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: D.W. NELSON, FERNANDEZ, and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

On the evening of August 17, 1991, Scott Reed passed defendant Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies Finn and Yates in his hardtop Oldsmobile "muscle car," moving in and out of traffic at about 60 miles per hour on busy Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. Finn and Yates followed Reed, who continued to drive erratically and recklessly. Finn, who was driving the patrol car, turned on his siren and lights, and gave chase. Rather than stopping...

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