Alan Zanger v. Alec Baldwin
Published: Sep. 19, 1998 | Result Date: Jul. 20, 1998 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: LC034309 Verdict – $4,500
Judge
Court
L.A. Superior Van Nuys
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Leonard S. Steiner
(Steiner & Libo)
Defendant
Philip D. Weiss
(Agajanian, McFall, Weiss, Tetreault & Crist LLP )
Experts
Plaintiff
Alfred Rowen
(medical)
Defendant
Michael D. Landman M.D.
(medical)
Facts
On Oct. 26, 1995, plaintiff Alan Zanger, a 50-year-old celebrity photographer, attempted to obtain videotape of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger arriving home from the hospital with their 3-day-old baby, from inside the camper shell of his pick-up truck. Baldwin approached the plaintiff's vehicle and applied shaving cream to the side windows of the camper shell to obscure the plaintiff's visibility. The plaintiff then exited the vehicle and was eventually struck in the face and kicked in the rear-end by defendant Baldwin. The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant based on assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence theories of recovery.
Settlement Discussions
The plaintiff made a settlement demand for $150,000. The defendant made an offer of $20,000.
Specials in Evidence
$22,000 $60,000 $20,000
Injuries
The plaintiff alleged a broken nose, deviated septum, 90% obstruction in right nostril and vertigo.
Other Information
The verdict was reached approximately ____ years and _____ months after the case was filed. A settlement conference/ arbitration /mediation was held on ____/____/19____ before _____________ (name) of __________ (affiliation) resulting in ____________ .
Deliberation
seven hours
Poll
9-3 (assault in favor of defendant), 10-2 (battery in favor of defendant), 12-0 (intentional infliction of emotional distress in favor of defendant) 12-0 (negligence)
Length
10 days (including voir dire)
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