Legal Opinion
Green v. Laibco, LLC
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 1, 2011No. B212933PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRIMES, J.
SUMMARY
In this wrongful termination case, judgment was entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $1,237,086 in compensatory damages and an equal amount in punitive damages. Defendant filed a motion for a new trial and a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), the latter with respect to punitive damages only. The trial court granted the new trial motion.
Plaintiff appealed from the order granting a new trial and defendant cross-appealed. We affirm the judgment. Defendant’s new trial motion was denied by operation of law because the trial court failed to make…
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