GREEN v. CORTEZ

Docket No. 51605.

151 Cal.App.3d 1068 (1984)

199 Cal. Rptr. 221

DAN GREEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LOUIS CORTEZ et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

January 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael G.H. Anderson for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stark, Stewart, Wells & Robinson, Ned Robinson, R. Gordon Baker, Jr., Peter W. Davis, John E. Carne, Judith R. Epstein, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Rankin, Oneal, Center, Luckhardt, Marlais, Lund & Hinshaw, Mark G. Hyde, Martin & Ryan, Paul K. Verner and Robert G. Werner for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

GYEMANT, J.*

Plaintiff in this action for libel and slander appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered after the demurrers of several defendants were sustained without leave to amend. The question posed is whether news media defendants herein are liable in damages for accurately reporting defamatory statements spoken by a city councilman at a council meeting where such statements can be proven...

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