Seacliff Packaging, Inc. v. Lee
Seacliff Packaging, Inc. (Seacliff) sued its former employee, Larina Lee (Lee), for fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty based on her performance as its sales representative. Seacliff claimed Lee sold competing products through her own company to Seacliffs customers and made wrongful profits from sales on behalf of Seacliff by overstating the cost of goods and pocketing the difference. Lee cross-complained against Seacliff for failure to pay her commissions. The jury found in favor of Seacliff and awarded it compensatory damages of $744,000 and punitive damages of $125,000. Lee appeals, claiming there is insufficient evidence to support the judgment, the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence, her motion for new trial should have been granted on the grounds of newly discovered evidence and excessive punitive damages, and she should have recovered unpaid commissions on her cross-complaint. Court affirm the judgment.
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