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CITY OF GLENDALE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B152057.

116 Cal.Rptr.2d 16 (2002)

95 Cal.App.4th 1266

CITY OF GLENDALE, et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Robert L. Fenton, Real Party in Interest.

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

January 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott H. Howard, City Attorney of Glendale; Morris, Polich & Purdy, Carol Ann Humiston, Richard H. Nakamura, Jr., Los Angeles, and Pamela A. Hill, Boston, MA, for Petitioners.

Plotkin, Marutani & Kaufman and Jay J. Plotkin, Sherman Oaks, for Real Party in Interest.

No appearance for Respondent.

BOLAND, J.*

SUMMARY

A trial court erred in granting a motion to strike a municipality's request for punitive damages. Public entities are not, as a matter of law, precluded from pursuing claims for punitive damages.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In January 1998, real party in interest Robert Fenton sued petitioners City of Glendale and Glendale Redevelopment Agency (collectively, "City") to recover a contingency...

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