California Court of Appeal

In a slander action, ruling in favor of plaintiff is reversed where statements by defendants against plaintiff should have been presented to the jury as slander per quod rather than as slander per se. Defendants are entitled to judgment without a retrial as the jury found that plaintiff did not suffer actual damages, a necessary element of an action for slander per quod.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/19/2009
• Published 03/19/2009

Judges

• MOSK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Baker, Keener & Nahra, Robert C. Baker, Laurence C. Osborn, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants The Nethercutt Collection and Jack B. Nethercutt II., Marvin E. Krakow, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent Michael Regalia.