Legal Opinion
Weissich v. County of Marin
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 24, 1990No. A045171PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STRANKMAN, J.
In 1955, William O. Weissich, then District Attorney for the County of Marin (Marin), successfully prosecuted Malcolm Roland Schlette for arson. Over 30 years later, in November 1986, Schlette shot and killed Weissich. Weissich’s heirs at law filed a wrongful death action against defendants Marin, the County of Sonoma (Sonoma), and the State of California (the State), among others, alleging breach of a duty to warn Weissich of Schlette’s continuing criminal conduct after his 1975 release from prison. Plaintiffs’ action against these defendants was dismissed after the trial…
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