Legal Opinion

Bishop of Victoria Corp. Sole v. Corporate Business Park, LLC

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided May 8, 2007No. Nos. 33579-4-II; 33909-9-IIPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*447¶1 The Bishop of Victoria Corporation appeals a jury verdict in favor of Joseph Finley for damages resulting from a breach of fiduciary and contractual duties, arguing that the court should have granted its motion for judgment as a matter of law. We must decide what duty the manager-members of a limited liability company owe to each other and whether the evidence in this case supports a jury finding that this duty was breached. We reverse.

Penoyar, J.

FACTS

¶2 In the late 1980s, Joseph Finley formed Swiftsure Farms, an Arabian horse breeding business in Auburn, Washington. The Bishop of Victoria…

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