Burgess v. Gorlin

In this law suit the appellees; Steve Gorlin and Nick Long, sued the appellants; Samuel Burgess, Joseph Brown, the First Georgia Bank, and others for damages alleging fraud and unjust enrichment. The appellants’ motions for directed verdicts were denied. The verdict and judgment were based upon fraud only. We reverse the Court of Appeals opinion in Gorlin v. Halpern, 184 Ga. App. 10 (360 SE2d 729) (1987).

The parties and their roles in this controversy appear as follows: Howard Halpern, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Food Purveyors, Inc., a food distribution company, (AFP);…