Coulter v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASS'N

Opinion

WALLIN, Acting P. J.

Christopher Coulter was an amateur sleuth. By hiding two small tape recorders in his pockets, he boasts, he covertly recorded over 160 private conversations with his supervisors and coworkers at Bank of America, where he was employed. In this case, his sleuthing has cost him $132,000, the damages awarded the bank and 11 of its employees under the Privacy Act (Pen. Code, § 630 et seq.), 1 which prohibits recording confidential communications without the consent of all parties, when their motions for summary adjudication were granted. 2 Coulter appeals contending…