DePriest v. Hardymon

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Donald R. DePriest appeals the district court’s judgment for the defendants, Ellen Hardymon and MSB Financial Services Corporation (“MSB”), on his claims of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and fraudulent inducement to contract. MSB cross-appeals the amount of attorney’s fees awarded. We affirm.

Ellen Hardymon is a director of MSB and a controlling shareholder and chairman of the board of MSB’s ultimate parent corporation. MSB bought a controlling interest in SecurAmeriea (a company founded by Henry Brookfield III and W. Randall Reagan that made secured loans to small…