Geczy v. LaChappelle

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

In the superior court, Lester LaChappelle sued Steven Geczy for damages for the latter’s breach of a partnership agreement. LaChappelle advanced three claims for relief: first, a partnership agreement and Geczy’s breach of a material provision of the agreement; second, a partnership agreement into which LaChappelle was induced to enter in reliance upon material misrepresentations of fact and fraudulent statements made by Geczy; and third, a claim grounded upon Geczy’s breach of his fiduciary duty, as a partner of LaChappelle, to make full and fair disclosure…