Heltebrake v. City of Los Angeles CA2/5
Plaintiff Richard Heltebrake seeks all or part of a $1 million reward offered for information leading to the apprehension of Christopher Dorner, a killer who was the subject of a manhunt throughout southern California in February 2013. The reward funds came from money donated to the Donner Reward Trust Account, administered by defendant Richards, Watson & Gershon (RWG), a law firm. A panel of three retired judges reviewed the reward claims and recommended in a 12-page written ruling that the trust funds be apportioned to several other people. Defendants the City of Los Angeles (Los Angeles), the City of Irvine (Irvine), and the County of Riverside (Riverside) all followed that recommendation in awarding rewards. The three-judge panel noted that plaintiff had not submitted a claim under the reward procedures and thus was not a claimant at all. The panel also found that plaintiff did not in fact provide information leading to Dorner’s capture, as law enforcement had already spotte
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