Legal Opinion
Spahn v. Guild Industries Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 18, 1979No. Civ. 40531PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAYLOR, P. J.
Defendants, Guild Industries Corporation (Guild), a Florida corporation, and its officers and directors, M. Byrd, R. Byrd, J. Bass, R. Berman and L. Silverstein (hereafter collectively franchisors) appeal from a judgment entered on a juiy verdict in favor of Spahn, et al. (hereafter collectively franchisees) 1 awarding compensatory and punitive damages on grounds of fraud and violation of the Franchise Investment Law (Corp. Code, § 31000 et seq.), and from the orders denying their motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for new 2 The franchisees were granted…
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