Legal Opinion
Allegro, Inc. v. Scully
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 24, 2016No. Appellate Case 2014-002055; Opinion 27662PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*28JUSTICE HEARN:
This protracted litigation emanates from Emmett Scully’s departure from Allegro, Inc., a professional employer organization (PEO)1, in order to form a competing PEO—Synergetic, Inc.—along with former Allegro employees, including Yvonne Yarborough. Allegro brought this suit against Scully, Yarbor-ough, Synergetic, and George Corbin—a former client of Allegro who also performed some accounting services for the company (collectively Petitioners). The jury returned a verdict in favor of Allegro on all claims and awarded it $1.76 million in actual damages and $250,000 in punitive…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Elam v. South Carolina Department of TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2004
- Todd v. South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
- Welch v. EpsteinCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2000
- Pye v. Estate of Fox Ex Rel. Estate of FoxSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- Strange v. S.C. Department of Highways & Public TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1994
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3Cited by26 opinions
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