Legal Opinion
Rickel v. Schwinn Bicycle Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 6, 1983No. Civ. 65502PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCHAUER, P. J.
Plaintiffs Kip and Judith Rickel (the Rickels) appeal from the summary judgment granted defendants Schwinn Bicycle Company, an Illinois corporation, and Schwinn Sales Company, a Delaware corporation (collectively Schwinn). The principal issues on appeal involve the existence of a fiduciary relationship between a manufacturer and dealer and pleading and proof requirements as to wrongfulness in respect to the tort of interference with a prospective economic advantage.
Plaintiffs, the Rickels, owned a bicycle shop in Glendora, California. In 1963 the Rickels entered into an…
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