(Download) "National Secretarial Service Inc. V. Froehlich" by Second Appellate District, Division Three Court of Appeal of California # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: National Secretarial Service Inc. V. Froehlich
- Author : Second Appellate District, Division Three Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 15, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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The defendants are attorney Kent Froehlich (Froehlich) and Kent Froehlich, a professional corporation, (Corporation; hereinafter collectively defendants). They appeal from a judgment entered in an action originally filed by plaintiff National Secretarial Service, Inc. (National). National filed suit in municipal court and sought to recover approximately $6,448 as the unpaid amount due for secretarial services rendered over a five-year period. While not disputing that valuable services were performed, defendants responded with a number of technical and procedural defenses and, ultimately, a cross-complaint seeking in excess of $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. This forced the case to the more congested and expensive venue of the superior court. Following a bench trial, the court found in favor of National on both its complaint and defendants' cross-complaint. We will affirm that judgment and, in addition, award sanctions against defendants for the prosecution of a frivolous appeal.*fn1