Spesia & Taylor Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict in Multi-Million Dollar Case

Attorneys Jeff Taylor and Michael Stiff successfully defended (not guilty in a lengthy bench trial) a claim on a personal guarantee valued in excess of $2,000,000.00 and alleged breach of fiduciary duty in a complex case which involved defenses of estoppel, accord and satisfaction, breach of contract, constructive trust, unclean hands, equitable apportionment and interpretation of a Marital Settlement Agreement. The attorneys were able to successfully overcome a Statute of Frauds challenge to the introduction of parol evidence in support of the defendant’s interpretation of the Marital Settlement Agreement. The case was tried over multiple days with a two year interruption due to a Florida bankruptcy filing by one of the parties.