O'HARA v. STORER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Docket Nos. D011490, D011534.

231 Cal.App.3d 1101 (1991)

282 Cal. Rptr. 712

NAOMI O'HARA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STORER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

June 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert C. Swanson for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, John Morris and Jeffrey R. Davis for Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

TODD, J.

In this consolidated appeal arising from a lawsuit against Storer Communications, Inc. (Storer), which at the time owned television Channel 39 and was operating the station under the call letters of KCST-TV, San Diego, we consider the issue of special damages in defamation actions. Naomi O'Hara sued Storer for slander, and, in a trial limited to special damages, a jury awarded her $300,000. Storer appeals, claiming...

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