BRISCOE v. READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC.

Docket No. L.A. 29813.

4 Cal.3d 529 (1971)

483 P.2d 34

93 Cal. Rptr. 866

MARVIN BRISCOE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carl E. Jones for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz, Joseph A. Ball and Albert H. Ebright for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

PETERS, J.

Plaintiff Marvin Brisco filed suit against defendant Reader's Digest Association, alleging that defendant had willfully and maliciously invaded his privacy by publishing an article which disclosed truthful but embarrassing private facts about plaintiff's past life. A demurrer was sustained without leave to amend, and plaintiff has appealed from the ensuing judgment. Thus, we are presented simply with a pleading...

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