Miami Jury Expels Partner in Motoro Cars LLC Dispute
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Case Background
A Miami-Dade County jury delivered a decisive verdict on May 23, 2025, in a bitter corporate dispute that had simmered for nearly a year between former business partners in the automotive industry. The lawsuit centered on two Florida limited liability companies, Motoro Cars I, LLC and Motoro Cars II, LLC. Plaintiffs Nadir Elamri, Cristopher Suarez, and Youssef Elamri, who were all members of the companies, brought the action against Defendant Felix Diaz, their co-member, alleging that his actions fundamentally fractured the business relationship and jeopardized the firms’ operations.
Cause
The core of the complaint, filed in June 2024, outlined a pattern of corporate malfeasance and self-dealing. Plaintiffs asserted that Diaz used his position to engage in wrongful conduct and willfully committed persistent and material breaches of his fiduciary duties of loyalty and care to both companies and his partners. They argued that Diaz’s actions created an atmosphere so toxic and dysfunctional that it became entirely unworkable for the members to continue the business activities together. The Plaintiffs ultimately sought a judicial decree to formally expel Diaz from both Motoro Cars I and Motoro Cars II.
Injury
The legal action detailed that the Defendant’s alleged breaches inflicted direct financial and operational damage on the companies. The Plaintiffs claimed they suffered monetary losses and, crucially, lost the reasonable expectation of carrying on the businesses successfully with Diaz as a member. The injury was therefore twofold: direct financial harm to the individual partners and structural damage to the companies’ ability to function.
Damages Sought
The Plaintiffs sought both extraordinary equitable relief and monetary compensation. Primarily, they demanded the Court remove Felix Diaz as a member of both Motoro Cars I, LLC and Motoro Cars II, LLC a severe outcome known as judicial expulsion. Additionally, the individual Plaintiffs specifically Nadir Elamri and Cristopher Suarez sought recovery for their personal financial losses against Diaz based on claims of breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment.
Key Arguments and Proceedings
The lawsuit progressed rapidly to trial following the Defendant’s formal Answer and Demand for Jury Trial, which he filed in August 2024. The trial presented a complex picture of partnership dynamics and corporate responsibility to the jury.
Legal Representation
Plaintiff(s): Nadir Elamri | Cristopher Suarez | Youssef Elamri
· Counsel for Plaintiff(s): Cullin Avram O'Brien
Defendant(s): Felix Diaz
· Counsel for Defendant(s): Arthur J. Jones
Key Arguments or Remarks by Counsel
Claims
Counsel for the Plaintiffs presented evidence detailing numerous instances where Felix Diaz allegedly acted in his own self-interest, prioritizing personal gain over the collective financial health of the Motoro Cars entities. They argued that the Defendant’s actions were not simply mistakes but a persistent and willful pattern that directly undermined the companies' operations. They convinced the jury that the situation had reached a point of absolute impasse, making the dissolution of the partnership through judicial expulsion the only equitable remedy to save the businesses.
Defense
In his defense, Felix Diaz denied the accusations, countering that any issues within the limited liability companies stemmed from the Plaintiffs themselves. His defense team argued that Nadir Elamri, who acted as the companies’ day-to-day manager, was the proximate cause of any corporate injury. Diaz asserted that the fault for the companies' struggles lay with the management decisions made by the Plaintiffs, not with any wrongdoing on his part, and that the claims against him were unfounded attempts to seize his membership interest.
Jury Verdict
After a deliberation that spanned several days, the twelve-person jury returned a verdict that comprehensively favored the Plaintiffs on all claims and rejected the Defendant’s counterargument. The verdict, signed by the Foreperson on May 23, 2025, delivered a swift and comprehensive answer to the central questions of the case. The jury’s findings mandated the judicial expulsion of Felix Diaz from both Motoro Cars I, LLC and Motoro Cars II, LLC. On the claims for both companies, the jury affirmatively found that Diaz engaged in wrongful conduct that materially and adversely affected the businesses and that he willfully and persistently committed a material breach of his fiduciary duties of loyalty and care.
Crucially, the jury concluded that his behavior made it entirely impractical for the companies to continue operating with him as a member, validating the Plaintiffs’ demand for his removal. In addition to the corporate separation, the jury awarded damages to the individual Plaintiffs for their financial claims. The jury ruled that Diaz had been unjustly enriched at the expense of his partners, awarding Elamri and Suarez a sum of $7,150 for that claim.
Finally, the jury flatly rejected the Defendant’s attempt to file a cross-claim seeking the expulsion of Youssef Elamri from Motoro Cars II, LLC, finding no wrongdoing or breach of duty on Elamri's part. The outcome marked a complete legal victory for the Plaintiffs, resulting in the judicial separation of the Defendant from the companies.