Legal Opinion
Gorman v. Holte
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 21, 1985No. B004998PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
Plaintiffs in an action for breach of contract and fraud appeal from an order of dismissal following the granting of defendant’s motion to dismiss for want of prosecution pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 583, subdivision (b). We reverse.
Plaintiffs filed their initial complaint on May 4, 1978, seeking compensatory and exemplary damages flowing from an alleged breach of a construction contract. Plaintiffs further alleged fraud, breach of warranties, negligence and conspiracy. Defendant filed a cross-complaint.
In March 1981 the parties filed at-issue memoranda. At a…
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