Devis v. Bank of America
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARMSTRONG, J.
This case arises from appellant David Mejia Devis’s arrest and imprisonment after respondent Bank of America (Bank) erroneously informed police that he had stolen checks from respondent Patrick McKinney. Devis and his mother, appellant Margarita Devis, who was present when her son was arrested, sued McKinney and the Bank. The complaint attempted to avoid the bar of Civil Code 1 section 47, on privileged communications, by bringing a variety of causes of action, including one against the Bank for negligence in the investigation which led to the report to the police.…
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