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JACKSON v. JOHNSON

Docket No. B048506.

5 Cal.App.4th 1350 (1992)

7 Cal. Rptr.2d 482

KINSEY JACKSON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES B. JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant.

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

April 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Charles B. Johnson, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant.

Girardi, Keese & Crane and Robert W. Finnerty for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WOODS (Fred), J.

We hold that a legal malpractice complaint alleging only simple negligence and a "0 dollars" actual damages verdict cannot support an award of punitive damages.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Kinsey Jackson (respondent) began working for Airco Welding Products on June 1, 1976. He filled and tested gas cylinders. By 1982 he was a lead man...

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