Casserlie v. Shell Oil Company, 88361 (5-31-2007)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants, Donald Casserlie, et al., appeal the trial court's decision granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, Shell Oil Company, et al.1 Finding no merit to the appeal, we affirm.

Procedural Background

{¶ 2} In 1999, Donald Casserlie and twenty-four other Cleveland-based Shell Oil Company lessee-dealers (collectively referred to as "dealers") filed suit against Shell and its partners. The complaint alleged economic duress, false representation, breach of contract, bad faith, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud. In 2002, twelve…