CUNDALL v. U.S. BANK

No. 2008-0314.

122 Ohio St.3d 188 (2009)

2009-Ohio-2523

CUNDALL, TRUSTEE, Appellee, v. U.S. BANK, Trustee; CAUDILL, Exr., et al., Appellants; CUNDALL et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Ward Law Firm, L.L.C., and Richard G. Ward, for appellee Richard K. Cundall, individually and as successor trustee.

Helmer, Martins, Rice & Popham Co., L.P.A., James B. Helmer Jr., Julie W. Popham, Robert M. Rice, and Erin M. Campbell, for appellants Richard W. Caudill, Keven E. Shell, William P. Martin II, G. Jack Donson Jr., Michael Caudill, and D. Scott Elliot, Trustees.

Beckman Weil Shepardson, LLC., Peter L. Cassady, and Brian G. Dershaw, for appellants Deborah Koons Garcia, John F. Koons IV, James B. Koons, Caroline M. Koons, Kathleen M. Koons, Maura L. Koons, Jeremy B. Koons, and Morgan N. Koons.

Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Donald J. Mooney Jr., and Pamela A. Ginsburg, for appellants Christina Koons, Nicholas Koons Baker, and Carson Nye Koons Baker.

William H. Blessing, for appellees Michael K. Cundall Jr., Courtney Fletcher Cundall, and Hillary Cundall.


O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} This appeal presents an array of legal questions that arise from the sale of shares of stock in a closely held corporation 25 years ago. Appellee Michael K. Cundall filed a complaint in 2006 alleging fraud, self-dealing, and other breaches of fiduciary duties by trustees of certain family trusts in transacting the sale. He sought a constructive trust over the proceeds...

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