Legal Opinion
Swinnea v. Eri Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 10, 2016No. 12-14-00288-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice
J. Mark Swinnea breached his fiduciary duty to. ERI Consulting Engineers, Inc. and Larry Snodgrass. In this appeal of the trial.court’s post-remand judgment, he complains of the disgorgement, exemplary damage, and attorney’s fees awards rendered against him. We affirm.
Background
Snodgrass and Swinnea were equal owners of ERI, managing asbestos abatement projects for contractors, and partners in a limited partnership called Malmeba Company, Ltd. In the summer of 2001, without Snodgrass’s knowledge, Swinnea and another ERI employee formed a new company, Air…
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