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Vitatech International, Inc. v. Sporn et al.

Ruling by

Richard M. Aronson

Lower Court

Orange County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Sheila B. Fell
A stipulated judgement for more than four times a settlement amount is an unenforceable penalty under 'Greentree' because it bears no reasonable relationship to the range of damages the parties could have anticipated would result if defendant failed to timely pay.



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