Legal Opinion
Rockwood v. SKF USA INC.
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided December 17, 2010No. 1:08-cr-00168PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOSEPH N. LAPLANTE, District Judge.
This bitter dispute over a failed deal to buy a company raises questions about the reach of the promissory estoppel doctrine. The plaintiffs, Robert Rockwood and Roxana Marchosky, claim that the defendant, SKF USA Inc., “through its cumulative words, conduct, and acts of assurance, manifested an intention to purchase” the company they owned, Environamics, Inc. The plaintiffs further allege that they reasonably relied on this “promise” to their detriment — most seriously by guaranteeing a bank loan to Environamics on which it eventually…
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