Mueller v. J. C. Penney Co.
California Court of Appeal
[Certified for partial publication.1]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LEWIS, J.
Irene Mueller 2 and her husband Frank Marchuk appeal a judgment favoring J. C. Penney Company (Penney) and its employee Carol Manstrom in their consolidated assault, battery and loss of consortium action. Among other things, Irene contends the court improperly applied collateral estoppel to her misdemeanor conviction for assault, battery and petty theft and Frank, in propria persona at trial, contends the court improperly prevented him from examining any witnesses. We affirm. We partially publish this case because we conclude a misdemeanor conviction can have collateral…
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