El-Meswari v. Dean P. Yeonas Organization

By JUDGE THOMAS S. KENNY

The issue in this case is whether a general partner must have been named as an individual defendant in a suit against the partnership in order to be held personally liable for a judgment against the partnership. I find that he must.

On October 18, 1990, the plaintiffs instituted suit against Yeonas-Kim’s Forest Partnership ("the partnership") and Dean P. Yeonas Organization, Inc. ("Yeonas"), one of the general partners thereof. Fairfax Circuit Court, Law No. 100541. The suit was for the return of a deposit paid by plaintiffs under a contract that they claimed was…