Stanhope v. Lawrence

This appeal involves causes of action that arose within the context of a closely-held corporation and alleged several claims including breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, conversion and bad faith. Plaintiff Ronald L. Stan-hope appeals the order of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, granting the individual defendants’, John D. Lawrence, Jr., H. Richard Hansen, Lamonte W. Wagner, and Hansen-Lawrence Agency, Inc., and the separate defendant Farmer’s State Bank of Worden, motion for new trial. We affirm.

Among the issues raised by…