Legal Opinion
Ley v. State of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 20, 2004No. B165311PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, P. J.
Penal Code section 1618 1 provides that administrators and treatment staff of the Forensic Conditional Release Program (CONREP) and various state agencies and their employees shall not be civilly liable for criminal acts committed by persons in the program. 2
Plaintiff David Ley, a patient at CONREP, sustained injuries when another patient assaulted him with a knife. He brought an action for damages against defendants the State of California, Steven Mayberg, Director of the State Department of Mental Health, and William Summers, Director of Patton State Hospital…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Peterson v. San Francisco Community College DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
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