Lionel SIMON, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
SAN PAOLO U.S. HOLDING COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Appellant.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 16, 2005.
June 16, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Knapp Petersen & Clarke, Andre E. Jardini, Kevin J. Stack and Mitchell B. Ludwig, Glendale, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Todd A. Smith; Jeffrey R. White; Smoger and Associates and Gerson H. Smoger, Oakland, for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Law Office of Daniel U. Smith, Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield, and Ted Pelletier for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Amy Bach, Mill Valley; Pillsbury & Levinson, Arnold R. Levinson, San Francisco; Esner & Chang, Stuart B. Esner, Los Angeles, and Andrew N. Chang, Oakland, for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Epport & Richman, Epport, Richman & Robbins, Steven N. Richman and Lawrence A. Abelson, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.
Susan Liebeler; Daniel J. Popeo and David Price for Washington Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet and Curt Cutting, Encino, for the California Chamber of Commerce, the American Chemistry Council, the National Association of Manufacturers, Unocal Corp. and American International Companies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Andrew L. Frey, Evan M. Tager, Donald M. Falk, Palo Alto; National Chamber Litigation Center and Robin S. Conrad for The Chamber of Commerce of the United States as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson, Los Angeles, and Feris M. Greenberger for Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Hugh F. Young, Jr.; Martin, Bischoff, Templeton, Langlset & Hoffman, Jonathan M. Hoffman; Drinker Biddle & Reath and Alan Lazarus, San Francisco, for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Deborah J. La Fetra, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of California.
WERDEGAR, J.
In an action arising from plaintiff's failed attempt to purchase an office building from defendant, the jury found that the parties had no binding and enforceable agreement but that defendant had committed promissory fraud. On his fraud cause of action, plaintiff was awarded $5,000 in economic compensatory damages and $1.7 million in punitive damages. Considering all the relevant circumstances, we conclude...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
