RITTER v. TECHNICOLOR CORP.

Docket No. 30402.

27 Cal.App.3d 152 (1972)

103 Cal. Rptr. 686

HERBERT W. RITTER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. TECHNICOLOR CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

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

August 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joseph W. Cotchett and Charles A. Dyer for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Herzstein, Maier & Lippett, Robert T. Anderson and Paul C. Maier for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

DRAPER, P.J.

By California statute, release of an agent before trial does not discharge his principal from tort liability, even though the sole basis alleged for recovery from the principal is his vicarious liability for the acts of his agent.

Plaintiffs' complaint alleges that defendants Filmland Corp. and two individuals who dominated it made knowingly false representations to plaintiffs to induce them to enter into...

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