Burns v. Baldwin

SCHROEDER, Justice.

This case involves an attempt to enforce a judgment obtained in California. A California Superior Court jury awarded Robert Burns (Burns) $2.5 million in damages against James Baldwin (Baldwin) in 1997. On a second appeal the California Court of Appeal modified the original judgment to allow post-judgment interest only from the date of remittitur after the first appeal rather than from the date of entry of the original judgment. Burns, petitioned for rehearing, but the petition was denied. He did not appeal to the California Supreme Court. Baldwin paid the judgment and…