DU JARDIN v. CITY OF OXNARD

Docket No. B085030.

38 Cal.App.4th 174 (1995)

45 Cal. Rptr.2d 48

DON DU JARDIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF OXNARD, Defendant and Respondent.

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

September 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Schurmer & Drane and Scott Schurmer for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Beach, Procter, McCarthy & Slaughter, Thomas E. Beach and Sean D. Cowdrey for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

GILBERT, J.

Vince Lombardi is reputed to have said "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."

These words may have been in defense counsel's mind when he made his closing argument to the jury. He warned the jurors that a verdict in favor of plaintiff could result in the loss of social services.

Counsel took Lombardi's words too literally. That is why he loses for winning. For our purposes we add this...

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