COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. LAGRAND TIRE CHAINS

No. CIV. 00-800-HA.

205 F.Supp.2d 1157 (2002)

COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC., COOPER TOOLS DIVISION, Plaintiff, v. LAGRAND TIRE CHAINS, Lagrand Companies, Lagrand Industrial Chain Supply, Lagrand Traction Products, Lagrand Protection Chains, Lagrand Shoe Chains, Lagrand Skidder Tire Chains, Lagrand Steel Company, Lagrand Steel Corp., Brian Lagrand and Dianne Lagrand, husband and wife, Brian Lagrand, individually, Dianne Lagrand, individually, Richard Hagerty and Jane Doe Hagarty, husband and wife, John Doe Hagarty and Jane Doe Hagarty, John Hart and Jane Doe Hart, husband and wife, John Doe I, John Doe II, John Doe III, Allwest Transport aka Allwest Transport and Chain, All-West Transport, Inc., All-West Transport II, LLC, Clarice Janet Kahl Trust, Dianne J. Lagrand and Deborah A. Kahl, trustees, Sutton and Johnson, Inc dba Sutton's Tire and Chain, Ronald Sutton, individually, Quality Chain Corporation, and Richard Schmunck, individually; Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

February 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gideon D. Caron, Gideon D. Caron, P.S., Vancouver, WA, John Peter Crowell, Portland, OR, William D. Robison, Morse and Bratt, Vancouver, WA, for Cooper Industries, Inc., Cooper Tools Div.

Bradley O. Baker, Bradley O. Baker, P.C., Portland, OR, David C. Landis, Portland, OR, for Dianne Lagrand.

James L. Hiller, Hitt Hiller & Monfils, LLP, Portland, OR, for Richard Hagerty, All-West Transport II, LLC, All-West Transport, Inc., Allwest Transport.

Thomas A. Larkin, Matthew A. Wand, Stewart Sokol & Gray, LLC, Portland, OR, for Sutton & Johnson, Inc., Ronald Sutton.

William L. Larkins, Jr., Julie R. Vacura, Larkins Vacura, LLP, Portland, OR, for Clarice Janet Kahl Trust.

Margaret M. Fiorino, Portland, OR, for Tim Navy.

Dennis W. Percell, Connie L. Speck, Arnold, Gallagher, Saydack, Percell & Roberts, P.C., for Quality Chain Corp., Richard Schmunk.


OPINION AND ORDER

HAGGERTY, District Judge.

The plaintiff has alleged claims of a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) violation pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1962, breach of contract, conversion, fraud, and disregard of corporate entity. Presently before the court are motions for summary judgment by defendants Deborah A. Kahl (former trustee of the Clarice Janet Kahl trust), Tim Nay (the current trustee of the Clarice Janet Kahl Trust...

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