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TATE v. CANONICA

Docket No. 18690.

180 Cal.App.2d 898 (1960)

5 Cal. Rptr. 28

LINDA JUSTINE TATE, a Minor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. RENE CANONICA et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

May 17, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Kass for Appellants.

Marvin G. Giometti and Arguello, Giometti & McCarthy for Respondents.

DUNIWAY, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment against them entered after an order sustaining a demurrer to their complaint without leave to amend.

THE QUESTION PRESENTED

Can a cause of action be predicated upon either the intentional or the negligent infliction of mental distress, which culminates in the suicide of the victim?

THE COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs are respectively the widow and...

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