Is there a cause of action for false arrest or imprisonment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Apelian v. Los Angeles County, 266 Cal.App.2d 550, 72 Cal.Rptr. 265 (Cal. App. 1968):
3 The complaint, however liability construed in plaintiff's favor, fails to plead a cause of action for false arrest or imprisonment in view of the statutory exemption from liability in such cases. (See Govt.Code, 821.6; Watson v. County of Los Angeles, 254 Cal.App.2d 361, 62 Cal.Rptr. 191 (254 A.C.A. 394).)
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