Robbins v. Supermarket Equipment Sales, LLC

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellee Supermarket Equipment Sales, LLC (SES) is a company that, among other economic endeavors, makes and supplies outer components or “skins” for grocery store refrigeration units. SES was formed on October 13, 2009, when its immediate predecessor Supermarket Equipment Resale, Inc. (SER) was foreclosed upon by its bank. At the time of foreclosure, a deal was structured such that SES leased, with an option to buy, SER’s real estate from the foreclosing bank, and SES took out a loan from the foreclosing bank to buy SER’s assets. As part of the deal, the original owner of SER…