The California Supreme Court on Thursday gave businesses a new incentive to be honest by ruling that they could be hit with punitive damages for fraudulently breaching contracts.
The 6-1 decision affirms $6 million in punitive damages that Los Angeles jurors awarded Torrance-based Robinson Helicopter Co. for faulty safety clutches built by the Dana Corp. of Toledo, Ohio.
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