Gussin v. Shockey

OPINION AND ORDER

NIEMEYER, District Judge.

Frederic Gussin and his father, Paul Gus-sin, entered into an arrangement with the defendant Richard Shockey under which Shockey agreed to assist the Gussins in buying, maintaining, breeding and selling thoroughbred horses. The Gussins, who were inexperienced “in horses,” relied on Shockey’s twenty years experience in buying and selling horses. When the Gussins discovered later that Shockey had taken what they characterize as kickbacks from sellers in transactions in which Shockey was representing the Gussins as buyers, the Gussins, individually and…