Lopez v. City of San Diego

Opinion

WIENER, J.

This case is part of the legal aftermath of the tragic 1984 massacre at a McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California. The plaintiffs, some of the victims and survivors of the massacre, appeal from the judgment entered after defendants’ demurrer to plaintiffs’ second amended complaint was sustained without leave to amend. Defendants are the City of San Diego, former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock and San Diego Police Chief William Kolender (the police defendants). We affirm.

I

Plaintiffs’ theory of liability is that the police defendants were negligent in failing to…