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NEWMAN v. EMERSON RADIO CORP.

Docket No. S009325. L.A. No. 32284.

48 Cal.3d 973 (1989)

772 P.2d 1059

258 Cal. Rptr. 592

ROBERT NEWMAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. EMERSON RADIO CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

May 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stuart F. Lichterman, Charlotte E. Costan and Lichterman & Traister for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sklar & Coben, Daniel M. Sklar, Farnsworth, Saperstein & Seligman, Guy T. Saperstein, Brad Seligman, Elaine B. Feingold, Dale Brodsky, William Quackenbush, Richard D. Aldrich, Harry R. Levine, Joseph Posner, Joan Graff, Ian Herzog, Leonard Sacks, Gary Gwilliam, Robert Steinberg, Sanford Gage, Roland Wrinkle, Douglas Devries, Bruce Broillett and Evan Marshall as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Welter & Greene, Arak, Welter, Snipper & Greene and Richard J. Greene for Defendant and Respondent.

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Jeffrey A. Berman, Steven G. Drapkin, Scott J. Witlin, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Jennifer A. Glazer, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Ralph H. Baxter, Jr., Donald L. Cornwell, Margaret G. Lodise, Pettit & Martin, Linda Auerbach Allderdice, Thomas H. Petrides, Mary C. St. John, Michael J. Breining, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Daniel J. Gonzalez, S. Thomas Todd, Latham & Watkins, Max L. Gillam, Milton A. Miller, Reba W. Thomas, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, David A. Cathcart, David W. Burcham, Gary M. Roberts, Dennis A. Gladwell, J. Kevin Lilly, Timothy Y. Wong, Ray R. Goldie and James E. Chaddock as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

In Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. (1988) 47 Cal.3d 654 [254 Cal.Rptr. 211, 765 P.2d 373], we held that in the context of an alleged wrongful discharge from employment (i) a plaintiff may seek tort damages based on a claim that he was discharged...

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