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WINTER v. G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS

No. 89-16308.

938 F.2d 1033 (1991)

Wilhelm WINTER; Cynthia Zheng, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Hendrix, Bruce E. Krell, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Neil L. Shapiro, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, with Kenneth M. Kwartler, Cooper, White & Cooper, on brief, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before SNEED, TANG and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs are mushroom enthusiasts who became severely ill from picking and eating mushrooms after relying on information in The Encyclopedia of Mushrooms, a book published by the defendant. Plaintiffs sued the publisher and sought damages under various theories. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant. We affirm.

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