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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 21, 2007

Judge Rules Against Rap Star's Family in Second Suit

LOS ANGELES - In a legal setback for the family of murdered rapper Christopher Wallace, a federal judge ruled this week in favor of the city of Los Angeles and a disgraced police officer in a secondary wrongful-death lawsuit.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - In a legal setback for the family of murdered rapper Christopher Wallace, a federal judge ruled this week in favor of the city of Los Angeles and a disgraced police officer in a secondary wrongful-death lawsuit.
      The family's primary civil rights-based wrongful-death suit, filed in federal court in 2002, remains active. The ...

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