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BERTERO v. NATIONAL GENERAL CORP.

Docket No. L.A. 30156.

13 Cal.3d 43 (1974)

529 P.2d 608

118 Cal. Rptr. 184

JOHN B. BERTERO, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NATIONAL GENERAL CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Murchison, Cumming, Baker & Velpmen, John Baker, Lascher & Rader, Edward L. Lascher, Cummins, White & Breidenbach, James O. White and W.F. Rylaarsdam for Defendants and Appellants.

Bodkin, Breslin & Luddy, Henry G. Bodkin, Jr., and Timothy J. Sargent for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Defendants National General Corporation (National), NGC Theatre Corporation (NGC) and Eugene V. Klein appeal from a judgment upon a jury verdict totaling $1,178,952.77 in a malicious prosecution action in favor of plaintiff John B. Bertero. The award consists of compensatory damages of $553,952.77 against the three defendants and punitive damages of $625,000 allocated as follows: $350,000 against National, $25...

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