Legal Opinion
Mendoza v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 2, 1998No. B095945PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NOTT, J.
The City of Los Angeles (the City) appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Christina Sprague (as guardian ad litem for the minor Rene Mendoza) and Ahna Maglinti (referred to collectively as plaintiffs) in their action for the wrongful death of plaintiffs’ mother, Clementina Maglinti. Clementina was shot to death by her flaneé, off-duty Los Angeles Police Officer Edward Mendoza, during a domestic argument in June 1989. The jury found the City 25 percent at fault and assessed economic damages of $300,000 and noneconomic damages of $850,000.
The City contends: “[I.] Plaintiffs…
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