Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology
| Decision Date | 18 July 1989 |
| Docket Number | No. B023193,B023193 |
| Citation | Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology, 260 Cal.Rptr. 331, 212 Cal.App.3d 872 (Cal. App. 1989) |
| Court | California Court of Appeals |
| Parties | w 212 Cal.App.3d 872 Larry WOLLERSHEIM, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant. |
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Weller v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
...48 Cal.3d at p. 744, 257 Cal.Rptr. 708, 771 P.2d 406.)21 Appellants place particular reliance on Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 872, 905-907, 260 Cal.Rptr. 331, in which the court found damages of $5 million for intentional infliction of emotional distress to be ......
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Bihun v. AT&T Information Systems, Inc.
...case even though, unlike the present case, the plaintiff's psychotic disorder was not permanent. In Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 872, 905-906, 260 Cal.Rptr. 331 (vac. on other grnds. (1991) 499 U.S. 914, 111 S.Ct. 1298, 113 L.Ed.2d 234) we reduced an award for ......
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Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology of California
...Supreme Court to reconsider the punitive damage award modified and approved in our earlier opinion (Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 872, 260 Cal.Rptr. 331, rev. den. Oct. 26, 1989, cert. grtd., vac. and remd. (1991) 499 U.S. 914, 111 S.Ct. 1298, 113 L.Ed.2d 234,) ......
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Church of Scientology v. Wollersheim
...the judgment to reduce the compensatory damages to $500,000 and the punitive damages to $2 million. (Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 872, 260 Cal.Rptr. 331.) The Church then petitioned the California Supreme Court for review which was denied. Upon the Church's pet......
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