Software company Novell was spared a $35 million jury verdict against it when a California appeal court found last week that a lower court judge's sanctions against the company went too far. Sending the case back to Superior Court for a new trial, the 4th District Court of Appeal found that Novell didn't act intentionally when it failed to present certain documents before the six-month-long trial started, and that Orange County Superior Court Judge David Velasquez was heavy-handed.
December 23, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Software company Novell Inc. was spared a $35 million jury verdict against it when a California appeal court found last week that an Orange County Superior Court judge’s sanctions against the company went too far.
The 4th District Court of Appeal found that Novell didn’t act intentionally when it failed to present certain documents before the six-month-long trial started, and that Orange County Superior Court Judge David Velasquez was heavy-handed.
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