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CAMP v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

No. B209176.

184 Cal.App.4th 967 (2010)

109 Cal.Rptr.3d 676

MELISSA CAMP, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

May 18, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stolpman, Krissman, Elber & Silver, Thomas G. Stolpman and Donna Silver for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, James M. Schiavenza and Mark A. Brown, Deputy Attorneys General; and Barbara A. Noble for Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

YEGAN, Acting P. J. —

Police routinely respond to emergencies, but they do not have a "legal duty" to do so. By that, we mean that an officer's failure to respond to a request for assistance will not result in tort liability for the officer even if a member of the public is injured by the officer's failure to act, i.e., his or her nonfeasance. If they do respond and their...

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