Legal Opinion
Inouye v. County of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 16, 1994No. B077707PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MASTERSON, J.
In this opinion we hold that Los Angeles County’s (County) policy of deeming its off-duty safety police officers to not be engaged in the performance of their duties is ineffective to insulate the County from respondeat superior liability for the alleged wrongful conduct of an off-duty safety police officer in the course of making an arrest. We therefore reverse a summary judgment which was based on a finding to the contrary.
Background
David Parker is a longtime County safety police officer who is assigned to the department of health. While performing his duties, Parker…
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