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Appellate Practice

Apr. 13, 2006

Panel Lets Kin of Man Killed By Police Sue in State Court

LOS ANGELES - Despite losing in federal court, the family of a man fatally shot by Pomona police can proceed with a state lawsuit, an appellate panel ruled Tuesday.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer
      Despite losing in federal court, the family of a man fatally shot by Pomona police can proceed with a state lawsuit, an appellate panel ruled Tuesday.
      The 2nd District Court of Appeal found the federal dismissal does not preclude the family of George Hernandez from suing for negligence in state court. Hernandez v. City of...

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