Hackbart v. Uppal
Defendants and appellants Satinder M. Uppal and Suresh K. Soni appeal from a judgment entered after a bifurcated jury and bench trial on fraud and related equitable claims of plaintiffs and respondents David Hackbart and Kihack Management LLC (collectively Hackbart) arising out of Hackbart's purchase of a gasoline station and related businesses from defendants. The trial court entered a judgment awarding Hackbart $1,400,000 in fraud damages and $700,000 in punitive damages against Uppal, and $232,000 against Soni in the amount it found Soni had been unjustly enriched. It awarded $1,400,000 in breach of contract and fraud damages against suspended corporation MTPA Ventures Limited, Inc. (MTPA), against which it had previously entered a default judgment. The court declined to hold any of the individual defendants liable for the acts of MTPA as alter egos.
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