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DIETRICH v. LITTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

Docket No. 33863.

12 Cal.App.3d 704 (1970)

90 Cal. Rptr. 856

NOAH DIETRICH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LITTON INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

November 5, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Harold Rhoden for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ball, Hunt, Hart & Brown, Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz, Joseph A. Ball, Joseph D. Mullender, Jr., and William A. Masterson for Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

FILES, P.J.

In this action for libel a jury awarded Noah Dietrich compensatory damages in the amount of $75,000 against Charles B. Thornton, Litton Industries, Inc. and George T. Scharffenberger, and exemplary damages in the amount of $5,000,000 against Thornton, $1,000,000 against Litton, and $50,000 against Scharffenberger. The trial court then granted judgment against Dietrich notwithstanding the verdict, and also, as is...

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