Legal Opinion
Myers Building Industries, Ltd. v. Interface Technology, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 24, 1993No. B057751PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRIGNON, J.
Appellant Interface Technology, Inc. appeals from a judgment after a jury trial by which respondent Myers Building Industries, Limited was awarded $1.1 million in punitive damages and $350,000 in attorney fees on Myers’s cross-complaint against Interface. Those awards were made in connection with a special jury verdict which found that Interface had breached its contract with Myers, causing Myers $279,126 in net compensatory damages. The jury also found, by special verdict, that there had been “oppression, fraud or malice in the conduct of Interface toward Myers.” Interface…
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