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Labor/Employment

Aug. 14, 2013

Breach of oral contract, treble damages

It sounds like a plaintiff attorney's impossible dream: automatic treble damages and attorney fees for what some would call just a breach of an oral contract to pay sales commissions. By Eric S. Engel and H. Kim Sim


By Eric S. Engel and H. Kim Sim


It sounds like a plaintiff attorney's impossible dream: automatic treble damages and attorney fees for what some would call just a breach of an oral contract to pay sales commissions. But it is the law in California, as established for the first time in a published decision, Reilly v. Inquest Technology, Inc., 2013 DJDAR 10164 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. July 31, 2013). Reilly is the first published decision to affirm a ...

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