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Verdicts

May 2, 2009

Developer Ordered To Pay $14 Million In Lease Dispute

A federal judge in San Jose last week issued a tentative order requiring a real estate developer to pay $14 million in damages to First National Mortgage Company in a long-running breach of contract case.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Jose last week issued a tentative order requiring a real estate developer to pay $14 million in damages to First National Mortgage Co. in a long-running breach of contract case in which the defendant still maintains that there was never a binding contract to begin with.

Barring any changes to the tentative order that could result from objections due next week, U.S....

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