Pajaro Dunes Rental Agency, Inc. v. Pajaro Dunes Ass'n
Pajaro Dunes Rental Agency, Inc. v. Pajaro Dunes Ass'n
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Pajaro Dunes Association (“the Association”) appeals the judgment following a jury verdict in favor of Pajaro Dunes Rental Agency, Inc. (“PDRA”) on the Association’s damages claim for loss of use of an office building, pursuant to an agree
PDRA cross-appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Association based upon its finding that PDRA breached the agreement. Specifically, PDRA contends that: (1) the agreement was void ah initio due to the Association’s failure to obtain a valid use permit, which was a condition of the agreement; (2) it did not breach the agreement, because the Association repudiated the agreement pri- or to any alleged breach by PDRA; (3) even if PDRA did breach the agreement and trigger the duty to deed the building to the Association, the Association failed to comply with the required procedure for terminating the agreement and compelling the transfer; and (4) assuming such breach by PDRA, the Association was entitled either to damages or to specific performance, but not both.
We affirm the rulings of the district court.
Moreover, the district court properly disposed of the issues before it that are now the subject of the Association’s appeal. The court’s decision to allow the Association to proceed to trial to prove its entitlement to sums necessary to supplement the award of specific performance was proper, as were its instructions to the jury. See S. Jon Kreedman & Co. v. Meyers Bros. Parking-Western Corp., 58 Cal.App.3d 173, 184-85, 130 Cal.Rptr. 41, 49 (1976). The district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the expert witnesses, as the parties provided no “substantial justification” for the failure to disclose them. Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 37(c). Moreover, exclusion of the Association’s expert did not amount to a dismissal of the Association’s claim.
Finally, we affirm the district court’s denial of attorneys’ fees to the As
AFFIRMED.
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. This court has considered the Association’s motion to strike portions of PDRA’s reply brief; our ruling is reflected in the substantive rulings on the parties’ claims herein.
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