Rosenthal

Plaintiff in an action for inducing breach of contract, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and intentional infliction of emotional distress, appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained a demurrer without leave to amend. We affirm.

During a period of some 18 years, from 1950 until 1968, plaintiff Jerome B. Rosenthal (Rosenthal), an attorney, and the law firms with which he was associated, acted as legal counsel for entertainer Doris Day, her husband Martin Melcher and their various family corporations.

Following the death of Melcher in 1968, extensive litigation erupted, which for purposes of simplicity we shall describe as being between Day and Rosenthal. These controversies, consisting of eleven suits filed by Rosenthal and two filed by Day, most of which contained cross-complaints, and all of which involved the relationship between the parties for the period described, were ultimately consolidated for trial without a jury in 1974.

Since Rosenthal was insured against professional liability by six insurance companies, the latter undertook his defense and provided counsel for that purpose. Day was represented at…