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SANDERS v. ABC

No. S059692.

85 Cal.Rptr.2d 909 (1999)

978 P.2d 67

20 Cal.4th 907

Mark SANDERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., et. al, Defendants and Appellants. Naras F. Kersis, Plaintiff, v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., et. al, Defendants.

Supreme Court of California.

June 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Rishwain, Neville L. Johnson, Brian A. Rishwain, Los Angeles; and David A. Elder, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Christensen, White, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser & Shapiro, Shari Cohen Rosenman, Los Angeles, Joie Marie Gallo; White O'Connor Curry Gatti & Avanzado, Andrew M. White, Michael J. O'Connor, Los Angeles, Jonathan H. Anschell and David E. Fink, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants.

James E. Grossberg, Washington, District of Columbia, for the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Cable News Network, Inc., California Newspaper Publishers Association, CBS Broadcasting Inc., the Copley Press, Inc., Freedom Communications, Inc., the Hearst Corporation, King World Productions, Inc., Magazine Publishers of America, Inc., the McClatchy Company, National Association of Broadcasters, National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Newspaper Association of America, Paramount Pictures Corp., the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, San Jose Mercury News, Inc., and Univision Communications Inc. as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

WERDEGAR, J.

Defendant Stacy Lescht, a reporter employed by defendant American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (ABC), obtained employment as a "telepsychic" with the Psychic Marketing Group (PMG), which also employed plaintiff Mark Sanders in that same capacity. While she worked in PMG's Los Angeles office, Lescht, who wore a small video camera hidden in her hat, covertly videotaped her conversations with several coworkers, including Sanders.

Sanders sued Lescht...

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