Legal Opinion

Gunderson v. Wall

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 22, 2011No. B224841PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

ZELON, J.

INTRODUCTION

A jury awarded respondent Jon M. Gunderson $1.7 million in compensatory damages and $800,000 in punitive damages against appellants Richard Wall and Welded Fixtures, Inc. Appellants paid the judgment and filed an appeal. In a prior decision, we affirmed the jury’s award of compensatory damages, but ruled there was insufficient evidence to support punitive damages. Gunderson voluntarily repaid appellants $800,000, representing the punitive damages award.

Appellants then filed a motion in the trial court seeking restitution for interest that had accrued on the…

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