Silva
Silva v. B&G Foods, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SABRINA SILVA, et al., Case No. 20-cv-00137-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION IN LIMINE RE:
PREJUDGMENT INTEREST
B&G FOODS, INC., et al., Re: ECF No. 163 Defendants.
12 At the pretrial conference held on September 22, 2023, the Court took under submission Defendants’ motion in limine to preclude Plaintiffs from seeking prejudgment interest. ECF No. 163. The Court now grants the motion. The provision of California law that determines Plaintiffs’ right to prejudgment interest is California Civil Code section 3287, which provides in relevant part:
A person who is entitled to recover damages certain, or capable of being made certain by calculation, and the right to recover which is vested in the person upon a particular day, is entitled also to recover interest thereon from that day, except when the debtor is prevented by law, or by the act of the creditor from paying the debt. This section is…