Keyes v. County of Los Angeles CA2/3
Plaintiff Vivica Keyes sued the County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (collectively, the County) alleging the County violated her civil rights by inadequately investigating and prosecuting a home invasion at Plaintiff’s residence. The trial court sustained the County’s demurrer to Plaintiff’s operative third amended complaint, concluding the County was immune from liability for the alleged conduct. We affirm.
The most fundamental rule of appellate review is that an appealed judgment or order is presumed to be correct and “[a]ll intendments and presumptions are indulged to support it on matters as to which the record is silent.” (Denham v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (1970) 2 Cal.3d 557, 564 (Denham); Eisenberg et al., Cal. Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs (The Rutter Group 1997) ¶ 8:15.) The appellant bears the burden of overcoming the presumption of correctness and, for this purpose, must provide an adequate appellate recor
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