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WIDENER v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

Docket No. 40240.

75 Cal.App.3d 415 (1977)

142 Cal. Rptr. 304

DONALD WIDENER, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

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

November 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan, Brotsky, Herndon & Pesonen, David E. Pesonen and Laurence H. Eldredge for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Charles T. Van Deusen, Arthur L. Hillman, Jr., F. Ronald Laupheimer, John E. Carne, and Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

OPINION

CHRISTIAN, J.

Donald Widener (hereinafter appellant) appeals from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and from an order granting a new trial after a jury had awarded him damages on his complaint for libel against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and its employee, James C. Carroll (hereinafter respondents). The verdict against PG&E was in the amount of $750,000...

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