Is intentional interference by a third party justifiable?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Pacific Gas and Elec. Co. v. Bear Stearns & Co., 210 Cal.App.3d 969, 242 Cal.Rptr. 692 (Cal. App. 1987):

"Whether an intentional interference by a third party is justifiable depends on a balancing of the importance, social and private, of the objective advanced by the interference against the importance of the interest interfered with, considering all circumstances including the nature of the actor's conduct and the relationship between the parties. [Citations.]" (Herron v. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co., supra, 56 Cal.2d at p. 206, 14 Cal.Rptr. 294, 363 P.2d 310.) ¹⁰

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