RIVERISLAND COLD STORAGE, INC. v. FRESNO-MADERA PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSN.

No. S190581.

55 Cal.4th 1169 (2013)

55 Cal. 4th 1169

151 Cal. Rptr. 3d 93

RIVERISLAND COLD STORAGE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FRESNO-MADERA PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 14, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaMontagne & Terhar, Eric A. Amador ; Wild, Carter & Tipton and Steven E. Paganetti for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Lang Richert & Patch, Scott J. Ivy , Ana de Alba ; Dowling, Aaron & Keeler, Nickolas J. Dibiaso and Lynne Thaxter Brown for Defendant and Respondent.

Reed Smith, Peter S. Muñoz , Raymond A. Cardozo and Dennis Peter Maio for California Bankers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Downey Brand, Daniel J. Coyle and Cassandra M. Ferrannini for American AgCredit, ACA, CoBank, Farm Credit Services of Colusa-Glenn, ACA, Farm Credit West, ACA, Northern California Farm Credit, ACA, U.S. AgBank, FCB, and Yosemite Farm Credit, ACA, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

The parol evidence rule protects the integrity of written contracts by making their terms the exclusive evidence of the parties' agreement. However, an established exception to the rule allows a party to present extrinsic evidence to show that the agreement was tainted by fraud. Here, we consider the scope of the fraud exception to the parol evidence rule.

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