Does the parol evidence rule need to be used as a shield to prevent the proof of fraud?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from IIG Wireless, Inc. v. Yi, 22 Cal.App.5th 630, 231 Cal.Rptr.3d 771 (Cal. App. 2018):
Ferguson v. Koch (1928) 204 Cal. 342, 347, 268 P. 342, stated: "[I]t was never intended that the parol evidence rule should be used as a shield to prevent the proof of fraud."
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