Litigation & Arbitration
Nov. 15, 2023
Records of police officers at issue in lawsuit over filicide
CaseyGerry represents a man who says the city and county of Los Angeles repeatedly ignored his warnings that the mother of his children was unstable, but they were left in her custody. All three were found drowned and she admitted killing them in a news interview.
Los Angeles may have to produce personnel records for 12 police officers in a lawsuit claiming culpability by the city in the murder of three children by their mentally ill mother, a judge tentatively ruled on Tuesday.
Superior Court Judge Lee S. Arian’s tentative ruling also imposed sanctions on the city, which is a co-defendant in the lawsuit that also names the county, and granted a motion to compel further responses to production requ...