Legal Opinion
Venture Express, Inc. v. Zilly
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 20, 1998No. 01A01-9704-CV-00172PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGHERS, Judge.
Defendants Michael E. Zilly, Zilly Transportation Services, Inc., and Zilly Transportation Services, LLC, appeal the trial court’s judgment awarding $78,000 to Plaintifi/Ap-pellee Venture Express, Inc. We reverse the judgment because we conclude that the evidence does not support the trial court’s ruling that Zilly breached his fiduciary duty to Venture Express.
I. Factual and Procedural History
Zilly began working as a driver for Venture Express in 1981. After a series of promotions, Zilly was named president of Venture Express in 1990. Sometime in 1995, however, Venture…
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