County of Sacramento v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Colley & McGhee and Nathaniel S. Colley for Real Party in Interest.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McCOMB, J.
Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition restraining respondent court from proceeding in a wrongful death action filed by real parties in interest against petitioner.
Facts: Real parties in interest allege in their complaint that they are the heirs of Kenneth Jack Federer, who was shot and killed by prisoners in *481the process of a burglary of the Federer home following their escape from a jail owned and maintained by petitioner. They allege that petitioner was negligent in classifying, supervising, and detaining the prisoners, resulting in their escape, and in failing to pursue…
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