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Criminal

Apr. 1, 2011

Officials Immune From Knife-Attack Suit

A state appellate court refused Wednesday to revive a lawsuit stemming from a knife-wielding prison parolee's random attack on a San Francisco teenager and a lawyer who tried to intervene.


By Laura Ernde


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state appellate court refused Wednesday to revive a lawsuit stemming from a knife-wielding prison parolee's random attack on a San Francisco teenager and a lawyer who tried to intervene.


Appellate lawyer Dennis P. Riordan of Riordan & Horgan had urged the 1st District Court of Appeal to create a narrow exception to the immunity that protects the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation f...

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