A $3.5 million wrongful death verdict in favor of the mother of a 19-year-old man fatally shot by Buena Park police has been overturned on appeal, according to court records obtained Thursday.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed the verdict and remanded it back to the lower court on Tuesday because the judge that presided over the trial relied on the wrong legal standard.
Deanna Sullivan sued the city and police officers Bobby Colon and Jennifer Tran for the death of her son, David Patrick Sullivan, during an Aug. 19, 2019, traffic stop…