Kavouras v. Mario City Restaurant Corp.

Dimitidos Georgos Kavouras a/k/a Dimi-tri Kavoura seeks certiorari review of an order severing equitable and legal claims and setting a bench trial followed by a jury trial in a minority shareholder’s suit for breach of fiduciary duties. We grant the petition because the order departs from the essential requirements of law, leaving the petitioner with no remedy on appeal.

Dilig M. Jagasia, a purported minority shareholder of Mario City Restaurant Corporation, sued Kavouras, majority shareholder of the corporation, for breach of fiduciary duties. Jagasia claims that Ka-vouras diverted millions…