Damage Award: An Orange County Superior Court...
Damage Award: An Orange County Superior Court jury levied $1 million in punitive damages against four partners of Trammell Crow Co. for cutting a local brokerage out of a commission in the 1985 purchase of an Irvine office building. Earlier, the jury had ruled that the partnership should pay $6 million to Lee & Associates for fraudulently cutting it out of the $340-million sale of Fluor Corp. headquarters. The total award, with interest, will be $9.2 million. Attorneys for the partners--William Lane Jr., Thomas A. Bailey, Joel C. Peterson and J. McDonald Williams--did not comment on the verdict, which is expected to be appealed.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
