California Court of Appeal

Following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff on its breach of contract action, the trial court's order for a new trial on damages is affirmed, where: 1) it was an error in the measure of damages that created the excess in the damages award, not simply a failure to prove any harm, so the remedy of a new trial on damages was appropriate; 2) there was no abuse of the court's broad discretion in admitting certain exhibits as business records, nor did defendant show prejudice, so the trial court did not err in declining to grant a new trial on liability; and 3) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to order injunctive relief as requested by plaintiff, because the facts in this record do not compel a conclusion as a matter of law that damages will be an inadequate remedy for defendants' breach of the Non-Disclosure Agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2014
• Published 04/22/2014

Judges

• ELIA

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel