Legal Opinion
Commercial Cotton Co. v. United California Bank
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 10, 1985No. Civ. 28559PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WORK, J.
United California Bank (UCB) appeals a judgment in favor of Commercial Cotton Company, Inc. and its principal shareholder, Travis H. Calvin, Jr., awarding them $4,000 for negligently debiting Commercial Cotton’s commercial checking account in that amount on a check containing unauthorized signatures, $20,000 for intentionally inflicting emotional distress by unjustifiably refusing to repay Calvin the loss sustained by its error, and $100,000 punitive damages because UCB breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing inherent in the contractual relationship with…
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