TAVAGLIONE v. BILLINGS

Docket No. S027895.

4 Cal.4th 1150 (1993)

847 P.2d 574

17 Cal. Rptr.2d 608

NICHOLAS E. TAVAGLIONE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL C. BILLINGS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

March 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Roy G. Weatherup and Rita Gunasekaran for Defendants and Appellants.

Miller, Boyko & Bell, Roy Morrow Bell, Fletcher W. Paddison, Raymond Pepper and Thomas T. Lord for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

In this case, we consider the interplay between the jury's responses to special interrogatories, disclosing the amount of damages attributable to plaintiff's various theories of recovery, and the jury's general verdict, setting forth the total amount of damages awarded to plaintiff. Here, plaintiff sued defendants on several different causes of action, including defamation. The jury's general verdict awarded plaintiff...

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