Domo v. Stouffer

Abood, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas in which plaintiff-appellee, John M. Domo, was granted judgment in the amount of $1,656,149 against defendant-appellant, James V. Stouffer, for breach of a stock purchase agreement. Appellant sets forth three assignments of error.

“I. The trial court committed prejudicial error by failing to find that Domo owed Stouffer a fiduciary duty, which Domo breached.

“II. The trial court committed prejudicial error by failing to apply the preponderance of the evidence standard to Stouffer’s common law fraud claim.…