Supple
Supple v. City of Los Angeles
Opinion
Opinion
Danielson, J.
Kevin Supple (plaintiff) purports to appeal from a judgment entered on an arbitration award which had become final, and from a previous interlocutory judicial order sustaining a demurrer to two of his five causes of action without leave to amend.
We dismiss the appeal as having been taken from a nonappealable judgment and order.
The Issue
The question presented by this appeal is whether an appeal can be taken from a final arbitration award which has been entered as a judgment so as to permit appellate review of a prior interlocutory judicial order sustaining a demurrer to some of plaintiff’s causes of action without leave to amend. We hold that it cannot.
Procedural and Factual Statement
On December 22, 1981, plaintiffs filed an unverified complaint against the City of Los Angeles (City) and two Los Angeles police officers, Bruce Henell and Fred Mannion (collectively, defendants) based on an alleged incident on March 21, 1981, in which the defendants threatened to strike and did strike plaintiff Kevin Supple “in and about his face, head and body,” causing the injuries and damages complained of. Plaintiff sought damages in the first through fourth causes of action,…