Legal Opinion
Ferlauto v. Hamsher
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 20, 1999No. B125980PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BOREN, P. J.
Appellant, Attorney Thomas M. Ferlauto, sued respondents, Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy, Jane and Don Productions, Inc., and Broadway Books, for defamation and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The trial court sustained without leave to amend the demurrer to Ferlauto’s second amended complaint. We affirm.
Factual and Procedural History
Ferlauto sued because of unflattering comments impliedly referring to him in Hamsher’s book entitled Killer Instinct: How Two Young Producers Took on Hollywood and Made the Most Controversial Film of the Decade (1997)…
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