Legal Opinion
Buford v. State of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 18, 1980No. Civ. 5050PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZENOVICH, J.
In this case we deal with a state mental hospital’s potential liability for a person who is released from its confines and who is allegedly known to be a social menace to the community in which he is released. Plaintiffs commenced an action against the State of California (hereinafter referred to as State), the County of Tulare (hereinafter re ferred to as County), the City of Visalia (hereinafter referred to as City), Atascadero State Hospital, Kenneth Daniels, and numerous doe defendants for damages for injuries resulting from the acts of Daniels, which were allegedly…
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