Legal Opinion
Southland Propane, Inc. v. McWhorter
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 22, 2011No. A11A1235PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dillard, Judge.
In 1994, Charles Arrington and Benny McWhorter formed LaGrange Propane Services, Inc. (“LPS”) as a closely held corporation. Arrington and McWhorter operated LPS until 2004, when Arrington terminated McWhorter’s employment and foreclosed on all of LPS’s assets. Thereafter, McWhorter sued Arrington, Arrington’s three sons, and Southland Propane, Inc. (the new company that Arrington and his sons had formed) (collectively “defendants”), alleging damages based on numerous claims, including defendants’ conversion of his corporate interests, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty,…
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