In August of this year, California citrus grower Ron Turner accused Rep. John Duarte's family nursery of deceptively selling him the wrong type of lemon tree in 2015. At the time, the congressman was the company president. Turner says that Duarte Trees and Vines agreed to sell him 1,860 "8A Lisbon lemon trees," but sold him seedless lemon trees instead.
Because seedless lemon trees historically have yielded less fruit than their seeded counterparts, Turner in his suit claimed that he was cheated out of exactly $347,991.25 — a combination of the money he claims he could have made from better lemon trees, and the money he claims to be losing out on in the years ahead.
Turner is accusing Duarte's nursery of breach of contract, negligence, and fraud, and hopes to win at least the roughly $350,000 he says he lost, plus attorney fees.
Source: businessinsider.com