Supreme Court of California

In a bankruptcy action decided on request of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court of California concludes that the statutory damages prescribed in Civil Code sec. 1719 are exclusive in the sense that a debt collector who recovers a service charge on a dishonored check pursuant to Civil Code sec. 1719 may not also recover prejudgment interest on damages under Civil Code sec. 3287.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/10/2009
• Published 08/10/2009

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of Clark Garen and Clark Garen, Palm Springs, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Hefner, Stark & Marois and Ronald H. Sargis, Sacramento, for California Association of Collectors, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Arons, Friday Harbor, WA;  The Berg Law Group, Irving L. Berg, Corte Madera;  Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates and O. Randolph Bragg III, Chicago, IL, for Defendant and Appellant.