Legal Opinion

Davidson v. City of Westminster

California Supreme Court

Decided August 30, 1982No. L.A. 31449PublishedCited by 314 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KAUS, J.

Plaintiffs Yolanda Davidson and her husband appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of defendants City of Westminster (city) and Police Officers Varner and Rosenwirth, after defendants’ general demurrer was sustained with leave to amend and plaintiffs elected not to do so. We affirm.

According to the complaint, Yolanda Davidson was stabbed four times by Jack Blackmun while in a public laundromat. On three earlier occasions women had been stabbed at the same or nearby laundromats. The evening before Yolanda’s stabbing, two police officers had the laundromat under…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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3Cited by314 opinions

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