Legal Opinion
Al-Abood v. El-Shamari
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 30, 2000No. 99-1939, 99-1940PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge WILKINS wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge DUFFY joined.
OPINION
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
In Kawther Al-Abood’s action against former family friends Nimat Mohammed Tayeb El-Shamari (Nimat) and her son Hisham.Abdul Malik El-Shamari (collectively, “the El-Shamaris”), the jury returned verdicts in favor of Al-Abood on claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and conversion, and awarded damages in excess of $2.5 million. The district court granted judgment as a matter of law to the El-Shamaris on four claims made by…
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