Berger v. Security Pacific Information Systems, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

Defendant, Security Pacific Information Services, Inc., (SPIS) appeals the judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Roberta Berger, on a claim for fraudulent concealment arising out of her hiring and termination by SPIS. Berger was hired by SPIS in January 1986, and was terminated some eight months later, after the project she had been hired to manage was discontinued. She contended that SPIS had fraudulently failed to disclose a substantial, known risk that the project would be discontinued in the near future. The jury awarded her both actual and…