THORNTON EX REL. LANECO CONST. v. LANEHART

No. 97 CA 2871.

723 So.2d 1127 (1998)

Gary W. THORNTON, on Behalf of LANECO CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS, INC., and Gary W. Thornton, Individually v. John W. LANEHART and James Bradley Lanehart.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Herrington, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellant Gary W. Thornton, Individually and on behalf of Laneco Construction Systems, Inc.

R. Loren Kleinpeter, Kleinpeter & Kleinpeter, G. Steven Duplechain, Baton Rouge, for Defendants-Appellees John W. Lanehart and James Bradley Lanehart.

Before: LeBLANC, FOGG, and PARRO, JJ.


PARRO, J.

This is one of three appeals stemming from a single lawsuit filed by Gary W. Thornton, a minority shareholder in Laneco Construction Systems, Inc. (Laneco), a closely-held corporation. The lawsuit asserted direct and derivative claims against the majority shareholders, John W. Lanehart (John) and James Bradley Lanehart (Brad), who are officers and directors of Laneco, for actions they took after Thornton resigned as an officer and director of the company...

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