Legal Opinion
Roberts v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 22, 1980No. Civ. 56243PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STEPHENS, J.
The City of Los Angeles (hereinafter City) appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Willard Roberts (hereafter Roberts), in which the jury returned a unanimous general verdict awarding plaintiff $32,250 for battery and false imprisonment.
Roberts’ complaint against the City arose out of an altercation with a Los Angeles City police officer during which he alleges that he was battered and, as a result of which, he was falsely imprisoned. In its answer, the City affirmatively alleged, inter alia, that the wrong suffered by plaintiff (hereafter sometimes referred as…
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