Strong v. State
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JACKSON, J.
INTRODUCTION
Defendant the State of California (the State), acting by and through the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), appeals from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff Ronald Strong (Strong) following a court trial. The court determined that CHP Officer Christopher Swanberg negligently lost or destroyed the identifying information of the individual involved in an accident during which Strong was injured and that the governmental immunity afforded by Government Code section 821.61 did not insulate the State from liability for the officer’s negligence.
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