BROWN v. RANSWEILER

No. D051983.

171 Cal.App.4th 516 (2009)

PAULA J. BROWN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROBERT RANSWEILER, Defendant and Respondent.

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

February 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin M. Gomez for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Daley & Heft, Lee H. Roistacher and Robert W. Brockman for Defendant and Respondent.

John J. Sansone, County Counsel, and Nathan C. Northup, Chief Deputy County Counsel, for The League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

AARON, J.

I.

INTRODUCTION

Paula J. Brown, an innocent bystander, was injured by fragments from at least one stray bullet fired by a police officer. At the time shots were fired, law enforcement officers were attempting to apprehend a murder suspect who had just driven up onto the curb at a strip mall, heading in the direction of two police officers. Several officers fired at the suspect, believing that the life of at least one...

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