Civil Litigation
Jun. 27, 2023
LA judge erred in tossing firefighters’ COVID suit, panel says
“Under California’s pleading rules, however, truth, scientific or otherwise, usually cannot be determined on demurrer,” 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice John L. Segal wrote.
A Court of Appeal panel decided unanimously that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael P. Linfield erred in blocking a lawsuit by firefighters challenging the city's COVID-19 inoculation mandates.
In an opinion delivered Friday, 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice John L. Segal wrote that Linfield erred in sustaining a demurrer to nonprofit Firefighters4Freedom's lawsuit against the city challenging the mandate for city employees. Fire...
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