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SATZ v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B051585.

225 Cal.App.3d 1525 (1990)

275 Cal. Rptr. 710

WAYNE T. SATZ, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; VIRGINIA McMARTIN et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

December 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kinsella, Boesch, Fujikawa & Towle, Philip W. Boesch, Jr., Gregory J. Aldisert, Cathleen Collins, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Mark B. Helm and Robert N. Treiman for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

James H. Davis and William H. Waysman for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

VOGEL, J.

Section 48.7 of the Civil Code prevents a person charged with child abuse from suing the child, its parent or any witness for defamation arising from statements made by the child, its parent or any witness until after the criminal charges are resolved. We issued an alternative writ to consider whether the reference to "any witness" in section 48.7 could conceivably apply to a newscaster sued for defamation based...

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