HAYES v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

No. S193997.

57 Cal.4th 622 (2013)

160 Cal. Rptr. 3d 684

305 P.3d 252

CHELSEY HAYES, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Sansone and Thomas E. Montgomery , County Counsel, and Morris G. Hill , Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney (San Francisco), Joanne Hoeper , Chief Trial Deputy, and Peter J. Keith , Deputy City Attorney, for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Gomez Law Group and Alvin M. Gomez for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

Sheriff's deputies shot and killed Shane Hayes when he came toward them with a large knife in his raised right hand. The deputies had come to the home in response to a call from a neighbor who said she had heard screaming. When the deputies arrived, Shane's girlfriend, Geri Neill, told them that earlier in the evening, Shane had tried to kill himself. The deputies entered the house, and the incident that led to this lawsuit then transpired...

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