FAMILY LAW
An individual in a divorce case attempted to conceal assets. Through the use of undercover investigators, the existence of these assets was revealed and the spouse was able to receive fair compensation for those assets. Part of the process of achieving those results involved an appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court. (See published cases elsewhere on this web site).
EMPLOYMENT LAW
An employee signed a non-compete agreement with his employer, a national manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment. He left that manufacturer and obtained employment with a competitor. The original employer attempted to block the new employment because of the non-compete agreement. The case was litigated in the United States District Court for New Jersey. Not only was the employee permitted to continue with his new employment but he was also able to recover for back wages and other monies owed to him by his former employer.
BUSINESS
$435,000.00 An oil company fraudulently misstated its income when purchasing a smaller gasoline company. As a result, the gasoline company was not properly compensated. The gasoline company filed suit and successfully recovered for the actual value of its business.
Trademark Infringement. A Taxicab company operating in the tri-county area in South Jersey as "Yellow Cab Company" became involved in litigation with a competing taxi company which sought to use the "yellow cab" name and which was also violating a contractual agreement not to compete. After a trial in the Chancery Division of the Supeior Court involving issues of Trademark infringement and non-compete contracts an appeal was taken to the Appellate Division. The Appellate Division enforced the rights of the Yellow Cab Company to exclusively utilize the name. (Dashmash Transportation d/b/a Yellow Cab Company v. Torgro Transportation).
DISCLAIMER:
Visitors to this web site should be aware that the results which may be obtained in litigation are extremely fact sensitive and therefore vary from case to case. None of the illustrations provided above should be utilized to determine the dollar amount that should result in any particular case. The examples set forth above are merely illustrative and are not predictors of what any other type case, matter, or litigation might produce as an economic result.
