BISHOP OF VICTORIA CORP. v. CORPORATE BUSINESS

Nos. 33579-4-II, 33909-9-II.

151 P.3d 1028 (2007)

BISHOP OF VICTORIA CORPORATION SOLE, a British Columbia, Canada, corporation, Appellant, v. CORPORATE BUSINESS PARK, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; Joseph C. Finley, an individual; and the marital community composed of Joseph C. Finley and Jane Doe Finley, Respondents. Joseph C. Finley, Appellant, v. Corporate Business Park, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; Bishop of Victoria, Ltd., a Canadian corporation; Victoria Properties, Inc., a Canadian corporation; Norman Isherwood, individually and as a marital community with Jane Doe Isherwood; David Osmond, individually and as a marital community with Jane Doe Osmond, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

January 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Alsdorf, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Richard M. Clinton, Todd Stuart Fairchild, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Seattle, WA, Samuel John Elder Jr., Randolph Ian Gordon, Wesley Norman Edmunds Jr., Gordon Edmunds Elder PLLC, Bellevue, WA, for Appellant.

Randolph Ian Gordon, Wesley Norman Edmunds Jr., Gordon Edmunds Elder PLLC, Sandra Bates Gay, Sandra Bates Gay PS, Bellevue, WA, Cleveland Stockmeyer, Cleveland Stockmeyer PLLC, Robert H. Alsdorf, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Richard M. Clinton, Todd Stuart Fairchild, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Charles Travis Moerk, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


PENOYAR, J.

¶ 1 The Bishop of Victoria Corporation appeals a jury verdict in favor of Joseph Finley for damages resulting from a breach of fiduciary and contractual duties, arguing that the court should have granted its motion for judgment as a matter of law. We must decide what duty the manager-members of a limited liability company owe to each other and whether the evidence in this case supports a jury finding that this duty was breached. We reverse.

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