Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Alameda County Medical Center
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 16, 2012No. A131133PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SEPULVEDA, J.*
A woman involuntarily committed to a county mental institution was assaulted by a fellow patient and sued the institution and several of its employees for negligence. Defendants claimed governmental immunity under a statute providing that a public entity is not liable for injuries caused by, or suffered by, a patient of a mental institution. (Gov. Code, § 854.8, subd. (a).) The trial court found that plaintiff’s injury claim was barred by statutory immunity and granted defendants summary judgment. Plaintiff claims that triable issues of fact exist precluding summary…
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