Reversal of Fortune: $1.45 Billion Verdict Vacated for Lack of Fraud-Free Valuation

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 13 No. 6
Legal and Court Case Update
June 2007
3639 Household Appliances, NEC
335210 Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing
fraud
economic damages & lost profits

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. v. Coleman (Parent) Holdings Inc.
2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 4167
March 21, 2007
US
State Court
Florida
Court of Appeals
Dr. Blaine Nye (plaintiff)
Taylor

Summary

Court reverses $1.45 billion jury verdict based on lack of “fraud-free” valuation of securities.

See Also

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. v. Coleman (Parent) Holdings Inc.

Florida Court of Appeals reverses largest jury verdict to date for economic damages ($1.45 billion) for lack of "fraud-free" evidence related to claims that investment bank helped to fraudulently inflate the value of plaintiff's target acquisition (Sunbea ...