California Supreme Court
Jan. 23, 2013
State high court weakens integration provisions
In Riverisland, the state Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the enforceability of integrated written contracts. By Christopher Lilly
In Riverisland Cold Storage Inc. v. Fresno-Madera Production Credit Union, 2013 DJDAR 561 (2013), the state Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the enforceability of integrated written contracts - that is, written contracts that are the final expression of the terms of the parties' agreement - by eliminating a long-standing limitation on the fraud exception to the parol evidence rule.
The parol evidence rule upholds ...
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