Westbrook v. Fairchild
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
*891Opinion
HOLLENHORST, J.
I
This case concerns the propriety of a trial court award of prejudgment and postjudgment interest to plaintiff Robert Westbrook in an action arising out of an alleged breach of a contract to make a will.
At trial, four causes of action were submitted to the jury: (1) constructive fraud; (2) fraudulent misrepresentation; (3) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and (4) bad faith breach of contract. The jury answered special interrogatories by finding that defendant Peter Fairchild had committed constructive fraud and had breached the implied…
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