Legal Opinion
Tomatoes Extraordinaire, Inc. v. Berkley
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 8, 2013No. D059971PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HALLER, J.
Tomatoes Extraordinaire, Inc., doing business as Specialty Produce (Specialty), sued Wellington, Inc., doing business as Jack’s La Jolla (Jack’s), and its controlling officer, William J. Berkley, for failure to pay outstanding invoices for produce supplied by Specialty to Jack’s. After a court trial, Berkley was found personally liable for Specialty’s damages. This personal liability was based on the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (PACA; 7 U.S.C. § 499a et seq.), which regulates qualifying transactions in the produce industry.
On appeal, Berkley raises an issue…
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