The following excerpt is from Angeles v. City of San Diego, Civil No. 14cv1942 L (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2015):
and was not for the benefit or purposes of the individual defendants. "Whether the investigatory duties were carried out negligently, maliciously, or without probable cause, they were within the scope of employment for purposes of section 821.6." Id. at 1063 (citing Baughman v. State, 38 Cal. App.4th 182, 192 (1995).
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