Pat Rose Associates v. Coombe
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DABNEY, J.
Cross-complainant and appellant, Pat Rose Associates (PRA), a limited partnership, sued cross-defendants and appellants, Mervyn G. Flory, Jr., D. Wesley Coombe and others not parties to this appeal, for (1) breach of a hotel lease and (2) fraud in the sale of the hotel. The jury found for PRA and awarded it compensatory and punitive damages exceeding $9 million.
Coombe and Flory contend that (1) the trial court erroneously failed to dismiss when PRA did not bring the case to trial within five years; (2) PRA elected a contract remedy before trial and was thus precluded from…
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