Roth v. La Societe Anonyme Turbomeca France

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

When a lawsuit’s defendants lie about insurance coverage and induce the plaintiff to settle, should the courts permit the plaintiff to enforce the settlement but sue for damages growing out of the fraudulent inducement? That is the issue in this case. Sheila and Robert Roth sued La Societe Anonyme Turbomeca France, Turbomeca Engine Corporation, 1 numerous insurance companies, the law firm of Mendes and Mount, LLP, and attorneys Kevin Cook and Douglas N. Ghertner on various claims for damages growing out of their claim that they had been wrongfully induced to…