Thompson v. County of Los Angeles

Opinion

DOI TODD, Acting P. J.

Plaintiff and appellant Chad Allan Thompson, as Special Administrator, 1 appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants and respondents the County of Los Angeles (County), Jerry Harper, Edward Baker, Robert Devot and Daniel Burt following a jury trial on appellant’s cause of action for liability under section 1983 of title 42 of the United States Code (section 1983). Appellant contends that the trial court improperly instructed the jury regarding the definition of deadly force, that it abused its discretion in excluding two reports concerning the conduct of the…