Espiritu v. Garrison CA4/2
In 2015, defendant and respondent Mark Garrison (defendant) and plaintiffs and appellants Mary Jane Espiritu and Roberto Gerometta (collectively, plaintiffs) formed a business for the purpose of marketing and selling vegan foods. They named the business “ ‘Pivotal Foods, LLC’ ” (Pivotal) and agreed that plaintiffs would be responsible for the culinary aspects of Pivotal, while defendant would be responsible for the financial and business operations. As the business grew, plaintiffs made three capital contributions to Pivotal totaling $250,000. Defendant also made three capital contributions totaling that same amount, but he made his contributions at different times.
The parties disagreed about numerous issues regarding management of the business and began negotiations to end their business relationship in 2019. During the course of these negotiations, plaintiffs purportedly learned for the first time that defendant did not make his capital contributions to Pivotal at the same ti
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