Legal Opinion

SARAH LANDISE v. THOMAS MAURO.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 30, 2016No. 13-CV-1040PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECKWITH, Associate Judge:

After the second trial held in this matter, a jury sided with appellant Sarah Lan-dise and against appellee-Thomas Mauro, finding that the two had entered into a partnership to practice law in the District of Columbia, that Ms. Landise was entitled to fifty percent of the partnership’s profits and losses, and that Mr; Mauro breached his fiduciary duties by converting partnership funds. Because the trial court decided that the case was sufficiently complex to merit bifurcation, the court limited the jury to the question of liability and ordered an accounting to…

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