Poodles, Inc. v. Kuhn CA1/1
Plaintiffs Poodles, Inc. (Poodles), Patrick & Friends, Inc. (PFI) and Jill Williamson filed a complaint against defendants Roger C. Kuhn, James W. McIntyre, Joseph Lynch, Michael Ina, Eugene F. Lynch, Sherman Wong, Lawrence Bennett, All Animals Properties, LP (AAP), 1333 Ninth Avenue, LLC, and All Animals Emergency Hospital, Inc. (AAEH) (jointly, defendants) asserting defendants engaged in fraudulent conduct and breached various agreements associated with the purchase of defendants’ animal hospital and specialty practice. The trial was bifurcated, and the initial jury trial resulted in a verdict in plaintiffs’ favor on almost all counts. Following the subsequent bench trial, the court vacated a portion of the jury verdict on the basis that the statute of frauds defense applied to bar certain oral referral agreement claims. The court also concluded in relevant part that there was no alter ego liability between defendants.
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