Legal Opinion
Nally v. Grace Community Church
California Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 1988No. S002882PublishedCited by 247 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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LUCAS, C. J.—
I. Introduction
On April 1, 1979, 24-year-old Kenneth Nally (hereafter Nally) committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. His parents (hereafter plaintiffs) filed a wrongful death action against Grace Community Church of the Valley (hereafter Church), a Protestant Christian congregation located in Sun Valley, California, and four Church pastors: MacArthur, Thomson, Cory and Rea (hereafter collectively referred to as defendants), alleging “clergyman malpractice,” i.e., negligence and outrageous conduct in failing to prevent the suicide. (See Code Civ.…
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