Poland v. LA Boxing Franchise Corp.
After a two-week trial, a jury returned a special verdict partly in favor of plaintiff Christopher Poland and partly in favor of his former employer defendant LA Boxing Franchise Corporation (LA Boxing) and its principal, defendant Anthony Geisler. The jury found LA Boxing had not retaliated against Poland when it fired him, did not owe him any overtime, and owed him $2,800 in unpaid wages. It also found that LA Boxing had not breached a contract it had with Poland, because he had not performed his part of the bargain. Both LA Boxing and Geisler, however, were liable to Poland for a false promise on which he had relied, and the jury awarded Poland $75,000 in damages for this reliance. The trial court tacked nearly $19,000 in prejudgment interest onto this award.
LA Boxing and Geisler have appealed from the award of prejudgment interest only. Poland, in turn, has appealed from various aspects of the judgment unfavorable to him and from the orders denying his posttrial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and for a new trial.
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