California Court of Appeal

In action for breach of fiduciary duty for secretly organizing a campaign to decertify a collective bargaining agent, judgment for compensatory and punitive damages in favor of plaintiff-union, defendants' former employer, is affirmed as to the award for salary and benefits paid. However, judgment is set aside as to the award of campaign costs incurred in unsuccessful bid to prevent decertification, as no substantial evidence supported a finding that these were proximately caused by defendants' tortious conduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2008
• Published 02/22/2008

Judges

• MARGULIES, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• The Evers Law Group, Geoffrey O. Evers, Sacramento, for Defendants and Appellants., Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, William A. Sokol, Theodore Franklin, Emily P. Rich, Roberta D. Perkins, Alameda, for Plaintiff and Respondent.