Stoll v. Shuff
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
plaintiff and the defendants appeal from a judgment awarding damages against the defendants for breach of contract and for the tortious denial of the existence of a contract, but denying the plaintiff any prejudgment interest. We modify the judgment to add the prejudgment interest and affirm as modified.
Factual and Procedural Background
Goldmine Ski Associates, Inc. (Goldmine), operated a ski resort. By an oral contract in 1986, Joseph Shuff, the president of Goldmine and the general manager of the ski resort, agreed to pay Gerhard Stoll a finder’s fee if Stoll found a buyer for the ski…
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