Kenly v. Ukegawa
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FROEHLICH, J.
Plaintiff Lindsey David Kenly (Kenly) sued defendants Hiroshi Ukegawa (Ukegawa), Vista Loma Investments, a California general partnership (Vista Loma), and Ukegawa Brothers, a California general partnership (Ukegawa Brothers) for fraud. Kenly prevailed and recovered an award of $800,000 in compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages.
Defendants do not challenge the liability determination on Kenly’s fraud claim, but do contest the propriety of the amount of compensatory damages. Similarly, defendants concede substantial evidence supports a punitive damage award in…
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