date:Sep 08, 2021
Gao appealed the High Court ruling and, in a judgment released on Tuesday, the Court of Appeal reduced the damages to be paid by Gao from $14.9 million to $12.1 million. The reduction in damages related to the inexact measurement of the Chinese orchards involved.
The appeal, in which Gao claimed Justice Sarah Katz had mistakenly ruled hearsay statements were admissible and that the gold varieties would not have reached the grower in China without Gaos actions, was otherwise dismissed.