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· 1/11/2010

Lawson v. Superior Court

Citations

  • 180 Cal. App. 4th 1372
  • 103 Cal. Rptr. 3d 834

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “the denial of [personal] medications and a breast pump . . . does not 8 amount to neglect of a serious and obvious medical condition”
  • noting that “vicarious liability for the acts or omissions of a [public employee] is one of “two main exceptions to public entity immunity”
  • noting that the two named 26 defendants were alleged to be a jailer and supervisor “at the facility”
  • discussing interplay 20 of immunities in claims brought pursuant to Section 815.2
  • comparing Larson v. City of Oakland, 17 Cal.App.3d 91, 97, 94 Cal.Rptr. 466 (1971) (finding that for purposes of section 844, “that which is not included is excluded”) and Datil v. City of L.A., 263 Cal.App.2d 655, 658, 69 Cal.Rptr. 788 (1968
  • “[L]iability 11 under section 845.6 is limited to serious and obvious medical conditions requiring 12 immediate care.”

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Judges: Irion

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