MARICH v. QRZ MEDIA, INC.

No. B122834.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 406 (1999)

Robert MARICH, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. QRZ MEDIA, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

Review Denied October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Alan Cooper, Larry Watts and Jon Haslett, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Davis, Wright, Tremaine, Alonzo Wickers IV and Kelli L. Sager, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent QRZ Media, Inc.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Mark B. Helm, and Gregg W. Kettles, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents MGM/UA Telecommunications, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.


HASTINGS, J.

There are few events more personal and agonizing than an unexpected telephone call advising a parent of the death of a child, especially when the child died from an overdose of an illegal drug. In this case, to add insult to injury, the plaintiff parents receiving the call did not know that the entire incident, from discovery of the body through the telephone call, was being recorded by a television crew who would publish this tragic event on February...

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