Legal Opinion
Rosener v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 30, 1980No. Civ. No. 41334PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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NEWSOM, J.
The present appeal is from judgments after jury trial in favor of respondents and against appellant Sears, Roebuck & Company aggregating $158,000 in compensatory and $10 million in punitive damages.
It is unnecessary to engage in an exhaustive analysis of the voluminous evidentiary record compiled during the 36-day trial. Viewing that record in a light favorable to the judgment below, the following salient facts are disclosed.
In June 1970, Sears, Roebuck actively promoted a national campaign called “Sears Add-A-Room,” using license agreements with improvement contractors under…
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