Trudell v. Heilman
Citation | 204 Cal.Rptr. 551,158 Cal.App.3d 251 |
Court | California Court of Appeals |
Decision Date | 12 July 1984 |
Parties | Roger TRUDELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Thomas HEILMAN and Robert Soule, Defendants and Respondents. B001441. |
Law Offices of John L. Moriarity, Van Nuys, Roy Penuela, Glendale, John L. Moriarity, Van Nuys, and Marc J. Poster, Los Angeles, for plaintiff and appellant.
Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, Christopher P. Wesierski and Gwen Freeman, Los Angeles, for defendant and respondent Soule.
Grace, Neumeyer & Otto, Inc., Richard A. Neumeyer, Los Angeles, and Glenn A. Brown, Jr., Van Nuys, for defendant and respondent Heilman.
This is an action for damages for "embracery" and emotional distress, brought by the plaintiff in a former action for personal injury, against one of the defendants in that action and one of the jurors in that action. The trial court sustained, without leave to amend, a demurrer to that complaint. Plaintiff has appealed; we affirm.
The gist of plaintiff's complaint is stated as follows:
The record before us reflects that these allegations, supported by declarations of other jurors, were submitted to the trial judge in an after-judgment hearing and that...
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