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ALLARD v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY

Docket No. 45562.

58 Cal.App.3d 439 (1976)

129 Cal. Rptr. 797

L. GENE ALLARD, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

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

May 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas, John P. McNicholas, Gerald E. Agnew, Jr., and Charles B. O'Reilly for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Levine & Krom, Meldon E. Levine, Murchison, Cumming, Baker & Velpmen, Murchison, Cumming & Baker, Michael B. Lawler, Tobias C. Tolzmann and Joel Kreiner for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

OPINION

BEACH, J.

L. Gene Allard sued the Church of Scientology for malicious prosecution. Defendant cross-complained for conversion. A jury verdict and judgment were entered for Allard on the complaint for $50,000 in compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages. Judgment was entered for Allard and against the Church of Scientology on the cross-complaint. Defendant-cross complainant appeals from the judgment.

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