HARRINGTON v. BATCHELOR

No. 3D99-3192.

781 So.2d 1133 (2001)

Linda HARRINGTON, Appellant, v. George BATCHELOR and William Meenan, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Certification Denied April 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Hugh McConnell, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Berman, Wolfe, Rennert, Vogel & Mandler, P.A., and Neil J. Berman, Miami; Bilzin, Sumberg, Dunn, Baena, Price & Axelrod, LLP, and Jeff Deen, for appellees.

Before JORGENSON, COPE and RAMIREZ, JJ.


COPE, J.

The question before us is whether a shareholder may sue for breach of a shareholder agreement, even though the injury complained of affects all of the shareholders equally. We conclude that the answer is yes. A party to a shareholder's agreement may sue individually for its breach. Accordingly we reverse the dismissal order and remand for further proceedings.

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The late Jean Rich owned all of the stock of Rich International Airways. By...

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