California Court of Appeal July 23, 2001, No. B082512; No. B092393 (Saks v. Charity Mission Baptist Church)

Opinion

CURRY, J.

The dispute underlying this appeal arose out of a series of real estate transactions in which developer Craig Caldwell, one of the defendants below, persuaded respondent Lawrence. Saks, M.D., to invest. Dr. Saks’s financial involvement with Caldwell began in May 1990 and ended a few months later in August 1990. During that time, Dr.