Williamson v. Yang

Miller, Judge.

Claiming Jan Yang had failed to keep a promise to give Ron Williamson five percent of a newly formed company (Enzymatic Deinking Technologies or “EDT”), Williamson sued Yang and EDT in five counts to obtain the promised ownership shares or to recover damages. The counts were stated as claims for trover, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, an accounting, and attorney fees. The court directed a verdict in EDT’s favor on all counts and in Yang’s favor on all counts excepting breach of contract. The jury found in Yang’s favor on the breach of contract count, and…