Legal Opinion
Curtis v. County of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 8, 1985No. B008072PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARABIAN, J.
Introduction
Defendant and appellant the County of Los Angeles (County) was granted a summary judgment (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c) against plaintiff and respondent Ronald David Curtis (plaintiff) on the ground that plaintiff’s complaint under the California Tort Claims Act (Gov. Code, § 810 et seq.) presented no triable issue of fact and was without merit with regard to County. This appeal is from that portion of the summary judgment which denied County’s request for an award of defense costs in the form of attorney’s fees (Code Civ. Proc., § 1038). We reverse and remand to the…
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