Hernandez v. Lopez

Opinion

ARONSON, J.

Following a one-day bench trial, the trial court found defendants Jose Antonio Lopez and his wife, Irma Taira, sold a business they did not own, but the court declined to order disgorgement or other relief in favor of the rightful owners, plaintiffs Leonor and Jose De Jesus Hernandez. The court allowed Lopez and Taira to keep the proceeds of the sale, concluding the Hernandezes’ first amended complaint failed to plead adequately claims for unjust enrichment, conversion, or trespass. We reverse and remand for a new trial that resolves plaintiffs’ claims under these…