Mon Ami International, Inc. v. Gale

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

Kenneth Gale, individually and in his capacity as executor of his wife’s estate, sued Mon Ami International, Inc. (“Mon Ami”), its parent company, president, and lawyer to enforce an amendment to an employment agreement that he contends gave his wife, Mrs. Gale, ten percent of Mon Ami’s stock. Gale also sought damages for breach of a fiduciary duty.* 1 Following a trial, the jury concluded that Mrs. Gale did not own the stock and found no breach of fiduciary duty. The trial court disagreed, however, and granted Gale’s motion for new trial. Prior to retrial, the court…