Legal Opinion
BEFEKADU v. ADDIS INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFER, LLC Et Al.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 18, 2015No. A14A1643PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Branch, Judge.
Addis International Money Transfer, LLC (the “LLC”), and a majority of its members (collectively, “Addis”) sued Tsega Befekadu for conversion and misappropriation of the LLC’s assets and for breach of fiduciary duty. During the first trial of those claims, the trial court disqualified Befekadu’s counsel and declared a mistrial. Befekadu proceeded pro se at the second trial, and the jury awarded Addis compensatory damages for the conversion claim, attorney fees and expenses, and punitive damages. The trial court subsequently entered an order and final judgment based on the jury’s…
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