Legal Opinion
Lucas v. City of Long Beach
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 21, 1976No. Civ. 47133PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
Plaintiff Helen Lee Lucas brought an action against the City of Long Beach and Sergeant C. V. Riley, a member of that city’s police department for the wrongful death of her 17-year-old son Stephen. A jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $40,500. Defendants appeal from the judgment entered on the verdict.
At about 1:15 a.m., on August 20, 1971, two patrol officers of the Long Beach Police Department observed Stephen staggering across Pine Avenue, a major thoroughfare in that city. They stopped to investigate. Stephen failed to pass certain field…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
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