A California appellate court on Monday revived an excessive force lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, its airport authority and a police officer that had previously been tossed because of the plaintiff’s conviction for disturbing the peace.

The Los Angeles-based Second District Court of Appeal found Monday that the conviction of limousine driver Aleksandr Kon didn’t establish that the officer arresting him had used reasonable force.

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