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NALLY v. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH

Docket No. S002882.

47 Cal.3d 278 (1988)

763 P.2d 948

253 Cal. Rptr. 97

WALTER J. NALLY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE VALLEY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

November 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Edward Barker and Allen P. Wilkinson for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Michael Norman Saleman as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Cooksey, Howard, Martin & Tolen, Cooksey, Coleman & Howard, David R. Cooksey, Jon A. Hammerbeck, Samuel E. Ericsson, Michael Stokes Paulsen, Rex E. Lee, Gene C. Schaerr and Sidley & Austin for Defendants and Respondents.

Robert R. Thompson, Gerald R. Thompson, Richard A. Moore, David L. Llewellyn, Jr., Caldwell & Toms, Robert L. Toms, Dennis R. Kasper, Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr., Douglas Laycock, Wendell R. Bird, Fry, Joens & Fry, Timothy L. Joens, Ronald B. Pierce, Sarah Barringer Gordon, Fine, Kaplan & Black, Ronald A. Zumbrun, Anthony T. Caso, Timothy A. Bittle, Wilford W. Kirton, Jr., Oscar W. McConkie, Jr., Kirton, McConkie & Bushnell, Charles S. Vogel, Lori H. Dillman and Dennis A. Ragen as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Peter M. Shannon, Jr., Erin B. Isaacson and Keck, Mahin & Cate as Amici Curiae.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J. —

I. INTRODUCTION

On April 1, 1979, 24-year-old Kenneth Nally (hereafter Nally) committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. His parents (hereafter plaintiffs) filed a wrongful death action against Grace Community Church of the Valley (hereafter Church), a Protestant Christian congregation located in Sun Valley, California, and four...

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