Locati v. Johnson

Defendant Bradley Johnson appeals a judgment in favor of plaintiffs Norman Locati and Wayne Fields. The judgment was entered following a trial in which a jury found that defendant breached fiduciary duties owed to plaintiffs in his capacity as a controlling shareholder. As we discuss below, this dispute is before us for the second time. See Locati v. Johnson, 160 Or App 63, 980 P2d 173, rev den, 329 Or 287 (1999) (Locati I).

Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a directed verdict. We review the denial of a motion for a directed verdict for any evidence to…