S. B. Beach Properties v. Berti

A jury awarded plaintiff Oakland Raiders, a California limited partnership (the Raiders) $34.2 million in damages against defendant Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation (OACC) on the Raiders claim for negligent misrepresentation regarding the status of season ticket sales, representations that were allegedly made to induce the team to leave Los Angeles and sign a long-term contract to play at their former home in Oakland. The size of the jury award was only a fraction of the amount of compensatory damages the Raiders had sought. The jury also found that OACC had breached its implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in negotiating its long-term contract with the Raiders, but that the Raiders had suffered no damage as a result. The trial court denied the Raiders posttrial motion for attorney fees. Both sides appeal from the ensuing judgment and the Raiders appeal from the order denying them attorney fees.