Legal Opinion
Johnson v. County of Ventura
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 1, 1994No. B075577PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
YEGAN, J.
In this wrongful death action, appellants contend that the City of San Buenaventura (City) and the County of Ventura (County) and their agents, failed to adequately “confine” a patient. Tragically, this patient, Kevin Kolodziej (Kolodziej) walked out of a hospital and stabbed 90-year-old Mrs. Velasta Johnson to death.
The trial court sustained demurrers without leave to amend ruling, inter alia, that the governmental immunity statutes precluded recovery. It also ruled that the cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress was barred for lack of contemporaneous…
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