What is the cause of action in a civil conspiracy action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hazelwerdt v. Industrial Indem. Exchange, 157 Cal.App.2d 759, 321 P.2d 831 (Cal. App. 1958):
3 In an action for civil conspiracy it is the civil wrong resulting in damage, and not the conspiracy, which constitutes the cause of action. Schaefer v. Berinstein, 140 Cal.App.2d 278, 293, 295 P.2d 113.
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