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JOHNSON v. ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER

No. A131133.

205 Cal.App.4th 521 (2012)

140 Cal. Rptr. 3d 281

LISA JOHNSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

April 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Fladseth for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe, Gregory J. Rockwell , Jill P. Sazama and Katelyn M. Knight for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

SEPULVEDA, J.*—

A woman involuntarily committed to a county mental institution was assaulted by a fellow patient and sued the institution and several of its employees for negligence. Defendants claimed governmental immunity under a statute providing that a public entity is not liable for injuries caused by, or suffered by, a patient of a mental institution. (Gov. Code, § 854.8, subd. (a).) The...

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