A plaintiff normally cannot recover damages for fraud in a breach of contract action, but, in a recent major commercial case, a successful plaintiff was able to add nearly $350,000 to its eventual recovery by successfully adding and proving a fraud count to its original complaint, based on information the defendant revealed for the first time during discovery. Nebo Ventures, LLC v. NovaPro Risk Solutions, LP (Fulton County Sup. Ct., (2012CV202767).
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Topics: Fraud, Commercial Law, Georgia, Nebo Ventures v. NovaPro Risk Solutions
A failed guarantee on a failed Costa Rican real estate venture was the key document for a Fulton County State Court jury’s consideration in a recent legal malpractice case; Eli Peretz and Dr. Nick Gabbay v. S. Alan Cohn et al. (12EV015232). In 2008, plaintiffs Peretz and Dr. Gabbay loaned $1.5 million to a company that planned to use the money to develop a resort in Costa Rica. However, following the economic downturn later that year, the development failed and the loan was never repaid.
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Topics: Georgia, Peretz v. Cohn
Philip Gerson delivers opening statements in Paul Larkin's suit against R.J. Reynolds for Carole Larkin's oral cancer.
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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Larkin v. R.J. Reynolds, McCoy v. R.J. Reynolds
Less than 100 seconds of testimony changed the course of a $100 million case last month.
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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Falkner v. Murawski
