SOMMER v. GABOR

Docket No. B082456.

40 Cal.App.4th 1455 (1995)

48 Cal. Rptr.2d 235

ELKE SOMMER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ZSA ZSA GABOR et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

December 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hughes Hubbard & Reed, William T. Bisset, Lois Moonitz Jacobs and Colleen M. Ryan for Defendants and Appellants.

Shapiro, Rosenfeld & Close and Julie J. Bisceglia for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LILLIE, P.J.

Defendant Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband, defendant Frederic Von Anhalt, appeal from a judgment on a special verdict in favor of plaintiff Elke Sommer in her action for defamation. On appeal, defendants contend the court erred in (1) applying California, rather than German, defamation law; (2) instructing the jury; and (3) admitting evidence the defamation caused distress to Sommer's mother. Defendants also contend...

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