Legal Opinion
Bay Area Rapid Transit District v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 11, 1995No. A069328PublishedCited by 29 opinions
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KING, J.
In November 1992, 19-year-old Jerrold Hall, who was Black, was shot and killed by a White police officer employed by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). The underlying litigation was commenced against BART by Mr. Hall’s parents, Cornelius and Rose Mary Hall (the Halls), who seek damages for wrongful death and for civil rights violations made actionable by the Bane Act (Civ. Code, § 52.1), an anti-hate-crime statute. In the unpublished portion of this opinion we hold that two of the three Bane Act causes of action were not fairly reflected in the Halls’ government tort…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Blank v. KirwanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- Thing v. La ChusaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
- Boccato v. City of Hermosa BeachCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
- People v. Joshua H.California Court of Appeal · 1993
3Cited by29 opinions
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