Coach’s Post-trial Motion on Damages Fails

A college coach, who picked up a legal victory against her former employer in a breach of contract case, was denied a bid to have that judgment set aside and have enforced a liquidated damages provision of her employment contract.   In affirming a trial court ruling, a California appeals court held that "the trial court properly exercised its discretion not to vacate the judgment and reopen the proceedings to an entirely new theory."   The impetus for the litigation was plaintiff Maure