Legal Opinion
Gomes v. Fried
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 1, 1982No. Civ. 49576PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FEINBERG, J.
This action for libel was brought by plaintiff George Gomes (Gomes), a San Leandro police officer, on the basis of an article written by appellant Ad Fried, the editor of The Friday Observer (Observer), a weekly newspaper, published by Ad’s son, appellant Michael Fried, doing business as appellant the Observer Publishing Company (collectively Frieds). After a six-day jury trial in which the Frieds were in pro. per., the jury returned a special verdict awarding Gomes $20,000 general and $25,000 special damages against the Frieds, as well as punitive damages of $40,000…
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