Fraud Exception, Written Agreements

Don't Panic - The Fall of Pendergrass and Restoring the Full Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule May Not Be as Bad as You...

by Michael Walsh | Sedgwick LLP on 2/27/2013

In Riverisland Cold Storage, Inc., v. Fresno-Madera Prod. Credit Ass., S190581, the unanimous California Supreme Court recently overturned the widely criticized Pendergrass rule, thus restoring the full breadth of the fraud...more

California Supreme Court Eases Admissibility of Oral Statements in Contract Fraud Disputes

by Melissa Lor | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 2/22/2013

California, like most jurisdictions, prohibits parties to integrated contracts from introducing “parol evidence” — this is, evidence of prior written or verbal agreements made by a party to a contract — if those alleged...more

Litigation Alert: California Supreme Court Announces Sea-Change in Rules Governing Use of Parol Evidence to Show Fraud in Contract...

by Guinevere Jobson, Michael A. Sands | Fenwick & West LLP on 1/30/2013

Background - On January 14, 2013, the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision clarifying – and ultimately rewriting – the applicable legal standard for introduction of parol evidence to show that a contract...more

Disgruntled Borrowers More Likely to Sue Lenders for Fraud as a Result of Recent California Supreme Court Decision

by Hopkins & Carley on 1/29/2013

For the past seventy years, California Courts have held that a party is barred from claiming fraud based on an alleged oral misrepresentation that directly contradicted the express terms of a written agreement. This rule had...more

California Supreme Court Broadens Borrower Fraud Defense to Written Loan Agreements

by Peter Isola, Harvey Schochet | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/21/2013

The California Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision earlier this week, broadening the scope of the “fraud exception” to the parol evidence rule, to allow a plaintiff challenging the terms of a written agreement to...more

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Fraud Exception › Written Agreements

Don't Panic - The Fall of Pendergrass and Restoring the Full Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule May Not Be as Bad as You...

California Supreme Court Eases Admissibility of Oral Statements in Contract Fraud Disputes

Litigation Alert: California Supreme Court Announces Sea-Change in Rules Governing Use of Parol Evidence to Show Fraud in Contract...

Disgruntled Borrowers More Likely to Sue Lenders for Fraud as a Result of Recent California Supreme Court Decision

California Supreme Court Broadens Borrower Fraud Defense to Written Loan Agreements

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