Legal Opinion
Astra USA, Inc. v. Bildman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 5, 2009PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
A Superior Court jury found Lars P.E. Bildman liable to his former employer, Astra USA, Inc. (Astra),3 for fraud, conversion, waste of corporate assets, breach of fiduciary duty, and sexual harassment of Astra employees, and awarded Astra damages in the aggregate amount of $1,040,812. The same jury found Astra not liable to Bildman for breach of a 1993 employment agreement between the parties (employment agreement), but awarded Bildman $203,691 in damages related to a *118March, 1996, supplemental stock grant. The jury returned verdicts against Bildman on his claims of intentional interference…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sequa Corp. v. GBJ Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- J. A. Sullivan Corp. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Scrushy v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 2011
- Rubin v. MurrayMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2011
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