RANDI W. v. MUROC JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

Docket No. S051441.

14 Cal.4th 1066 (1997)

RANDI W., a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MUROC JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

January 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Scott Righthand for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert J. Rosati, Myers & Overstreet, Gregory L. Myers, Sabrina Simmons-Brill, C. Michael Carrigan and Lori R. Mayfield for Defendants and Respondents. Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Lee T. Paterson, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Cane, Jr., and George W. Abele as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

CHIN, J.

In this case, we must decide under what circumstances courts may impose tort liability on employers who fail to use reasonable care in recommending former employees for employment without disclosing material information bearing on their fitness. Specifically, we are concerned with letters of recommendation that defendant school district officers allegedly wrote to a college placement service on behalf of Robert Gadams...

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