Business Transaction

A Florida jury recently awarded $230,000 in a business dispute between Abraham Palacios and Alejandro Quintana over a failed oral partnership to launch steel fabrication companies. The case concluded after the jury found Quintana liable for breach of oral contract and conversion of Palacios’s $350,000 worth of equipment, while offsetting $70,000 for unrepaid loans. The verdict recognized Palacios’s contributions and ruled in his favor for misappropriated assets and unjust exclusion from the jointly planned venture.

On August 27, 2021, Plaintiff Abraham Palacios, an individual (“Plaintiff” or “Palacios”) filed a business torts lawsuit against Defendants Alejandro Quintana a/k/a Jose Quintana, a/k/a Jose Alejandro Quintana, a/k/a Jose Alejandro Quintana Diaz, an individual (“Defendant” or “Quintana”), and Holdings of Christopher, LLC. The lawsuit was filed in the Florida State, Miami-Dade County, Eleventh Circuit Court. Judge Barbara Areces presided over this lawsuit. [Case number: 2021-020017-CA-01] In October 2020, Quintana approached Palacios about forming a business focused on steel transformation and fabrication of bolted metal structures. They agreed to an oral partnership, sharing profits and losses equally. Palacios brought over a decade of experience in metal mechanics, while Quintana claimed to be a financially

On January 27, 2023, Bonfiglioli USA Inc. filed a lawsuit against Midwest Engineered Components, Inc. for fraudulent inducement in the United States District Court, Kentucky Eastern (Covington). The case was assigned to Judge Danny C. Reeves and referred to Magistrate Judge Candace J. Smith. [Case number: 2:23cv14] Bonfiglioli USA, based in Hebron, Kentucky, operates as a subsidiary of its Italian parent company. It manufactures electrical components and gear parts for automated manufacturing. In 2019, it signed an agreement with Midwest Engineer Components (MEC), a sales agency in Burnsville, Minnesota, making MEC its sales representative in the Upper Midwest. A year later, the parties amended the

Restless Media GmbH ("Plaintiff") filed a racketeering lawsuit under the RICO Act alleging fraud against Thomas E. “Ted” Johnson, Milestone Motorcars Sales LLC, Milestone Motorcars LLC (the “Johnson Defendants”), Richard Cole and Rick Cole Auctions, Inc. (the “Cole Defendants”), and Donald E. Williams and the Black Hawk Collection (the “Williams Defendants”).

In September 2020, former Stantec 401(k) Plan participants Samantha Gotta and Michael De Sena filed an ERISA lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. They sued Stantec Consulting Services Inc., its board of directors, and members of the 401(k) Plan Fiduciary Investment Committee. The plaintiffs alleged mismanagement of their retire

On April 22, 2022, Nautilus Insurance Company (“Nautilus”), an insurance company based in Scottsdale, Arizona, filed an insurance fraud lawsuit against Richard Alexander Murdaugh, his attorney Cory Fleming, and several other Defendants claiming it was owed damages because it paid an insurance claim on false pretenses. The case was tried in the United States District Court, South Carolina (Charleston). Honorable Richard M. Gergel presided over this lawsuit. [Case Number: 2:22cv1307] Nautilus issued a $5,000,000 umbrella policy to Richard Alexander Murdaugh, Sr., a licensed South Carolina attorney, for his Colleton County hunting lodge. Murdaugh filed a claim after his housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, died on February 26, 2018, following a fall on Februar

On October 5, 2021, the Plaintiff Donald M. Brown, a licensed attorney, filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Jill M. McGoldrick, Esq. and The Law Offices of Jill M. McGoldrick LLC. He alleged unjust enrichment, violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA), and fraudulent inducement after McGoldrick’s office took over Brown's client’s personal injury case and failed to pay the agreed-upon referral fee after settlement. The case was filed in the Connecticut Superior Court, New Haven Judicial Division. Judges Barbara Jongbloed, Matthew Frechette, and Nicole Tung presided over this case. [Case number: NNH-CV21-6117955-S] Scott Cascella, a former client, reached out to the Plaintiff Donald M. Brown for representation in a personal injury case involving a severe injury. On April 6, 2018, the Plain

On July 11, 2022, PMB Rentals, LLC filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Dimitrios Elias Psaras and his attorney, James J. Schultz. The complaint included claims of statutory theft, fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract, and covenant of good faith and dealing. The case was filed in the Connecticut State, Superior Court, New Britain Judicial Division. Judges Eric Smith, Joseph Shortall, Kimberly Knox, and Lisa Morgan presided over this case.[Case number: HHB-CV22-5031853-S] PMB Rentals, LLC ("PMB") was an active Tennessee Limited Liability Company with its corporate address at 1075 Mineral Wells Ave, Paris, Tennessee. It was legally registered to do business in Connecticut and specialized in renting-to-own portable sheds. PMB operates in multiple states, including Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and others. The company partnered with shed manufacturers and sales lots to offer rent-to-

On October 30, 2020, Plaintiff Pacific Steel Group filed a Antitrust lawsuit in the United States District Court, California Northern (Case number: 4:20cv7683). This case was assigned to District Judge Haywood S Gilliam, Jr. and referred to Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore. Pacific Steel Group (PSG), established in San Diego in 2014, encountered systematic anticompetitive practices in the steel reinforcing bar (rebar) manufacturing and fabrication markets. Commercial Metals Company (CMC), a dominant player in rebar manufacturing, orchestrated a series of actions through its subsidiaries, CMC Rebar and CMC Steel US, along with Gerdau Reinforcing Steel (GRS), to prevent PSG's market expansion. The case centered on the crucial rebar manufacturing and Furnish-and-Install markets across California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The conflict escalated when PSG planned to construct California's first state-of-the-a

Court: Florida State, Miami Division, District Court Case Number: 1:20-cv-21984 Filed: May 12, 2020 Judges: Darrin P. Gayles Case Type: 850 Securities, Commodities, Exchange Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Securities Violation Plaintiff(s): Aaron Silberman | AMJ Misil AB LLC Counsel for Plaintiff: Anthony Carlos Hevia | Courtney Anne Salas | Irain Alberto Gonzalez | Alexander Flint | Ariel Rapaport | Brandon Jay Hechtman | Tara Leigh Scott Expert witness for Plaintiff(s):

Court: Florida State, Miami-Dade County, Eleventh Circuit Court Case Number: 2021-016676-CA-01 Filed: 6thJuly, 2021 Judges: Vivianne Del Rio Case Type: Business Transactions Cause: Fraud and Unjust Enrischment Plaintiff: Cristorellas Dream LLC Counsel for Plaintiff: Moises Alejandro Saltiel Defendant(s): Tina Hyde | Tina Hyde Group LLC | Tina Hyde Miami Realty LLC Counsel for Defendants: