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California Courts of Appeal

May 30, 2014

$15M in damages tossed by appeals court in Pentel fraud case

A marketing firm that had won millions from a Los Angeles jury for claims that pen maker Pentel stole its idea will have to go back to a trial court after an appellate court affirmed liability but tossed out the damages award.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A marketing firm that had won $32 million from a Los Angeles jury for claims that pen maker Pentel stole its idea will have to go back to a trial court after an appellate court on Tuesday affirmed liability but tossed out the damages award.


In 2011, Concept Chaser Co. Inc., a small El Segundo-based marketing company, won $14.6 million in damages for breach of contract and another $17.5 million in ...

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