Legal Opinion

Parker v. Shonfeld

District Court, N.D. California

Decided March 3, 1976No. C-75-1267-CBRPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

RENFREW, District Judge.

This case was tried to a jury on November 25, 26 and 28, and December 1 and 3, 1975. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, assessing damages against defendants Edwin and Marsha Shonfeld in the amount of $20,000. The verdict specified that $10,000 was awarded as compensatory damages and $10,000 as punitive and exemplary damages, the .latter sum to be assessed against each of. the Shonfelds in the amount of $5,000. On December 8, 1975, defendants moved for a new trial on the grounds that both the compensatory and punitive…

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. William J. Phillips and Dorothy R. Phillips v. Hunter Trails Community AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  2. Leo R. Fountila, Jr. v. Mary E. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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