Cadd Centers of Florida, Inc. v. Strickland

CADD Centers of Florida, Inc., (“CADD”), sued former employee and shareholder Timothy Strickland (“Strickland”) for specific performance of the parties’ Shareholders’ Agreement, in an effort to force Strickland to return his 429 shares of CADD stock after he was fired. Strickland filed affirmative defenses and a ten-count counterclaim, in relevant part claiming that CADD breached the parties’ separate Employment Agreement when it failed to pay him certain commissions.

The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict that required Strickland to return his stock to CADD and found that the…