Jones

Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting motion to quash out-of-state service of process upon two of the defendants in an action to recover compensatory and punitive damages for libel, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The verified complaint alleges: Defendant National Enquirer, Inc. is a Florida corporation transacting business in California; it publishes the National Enquirer, a weekly periodical of national circulation. Defendant Iain Calder is the editor of the periodical. Defendant John South is a writer employed by the corporate defendant. At all times mentioned, Calder and South acted in the scope of their employment and also acted “by virtue of their own motives as individuals.” In the October 9, 1979, issue of the National Enquirer defendants printed and published an untrue and libelous article concerning plaintiffs, Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels. That issue was sold and distributed in the County of Los Angeles, where plaintiffs are well known and enjoy good names and reputations both personally and in their occupations as professional entertainers. In making said publication defendants acted maliciously and with intent to…