Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology, B023193

Decision Date18 July 1989
Docket NumberNo. B023193,B023193
Citation212 Cal.App.3d 872,260 Cal.Rptr. 331
CourtCalifornia Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
Partiesw 212 Cal.App.3d 872 Larry WOLLERSHEIM, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant.

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    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
    • July 18, 1991
    ...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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    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
    • February 24, 1993
    ...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 ......
  • Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology of California
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
    • March 20, 1992
    ...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,) ......
  • Church of Scientology v. Wollersheim
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
    • February 1, 1996
    ...certain conduct even though it qualifies as a religious expression of the Scientology religion. (Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology, supra, 212 Cal.App.3d at pp. 887-900, 260 Cal.Rptr. 331.) The Church objects that the application of section 425.16 to any action arising from the defendant......
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