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WOLLERSHEIM v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY

Docket No. B023193.

212 Cal.App.3d 872 (1989)

260 Cal. Rptr. 331

LARRY WOLLERSHEIM, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, Eric M. Lieberman, Terry Gross, Lenske, Lenske & Heller, Lawrence E. Heller and Michael Lee Hertzberg for Defendant and Appellant.

Boothby, Ziprick & Yingst, William F. Ziprick, Lee Boothby and James M. Parker as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Greene, O'Reilly, Broillet, Paul, Simon, McMillan, Wheeler & Rosenberg and Charles B. O'Reilly for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

This appeal arises after a jury awarded $30 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a former member of the Church of Scientology of California (the Church or Scientology). The complaint alleged appellant intentionally and negligently inflicted severe emotional injury on respondent through certain practices, including "auditing," "disconnect," and "fair game...

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