EQUIPMENT FINANCE, LLC v. HUTCHISON et al

Filing 57

VERDICT, OPINION INDEX AND ADJUDICATION. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JAMES KNOLL GARDNER ON 9/27/2011. (Attachments: # 1 opinion index, # 2 adjudication) 9/27/2011 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(lbs, )

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EQUIPMENT FINANCE, LLC v. HUTCHISON ET AL. 09-cv-01964 OPINION TABLE OF CONTENTS Page JURISDICTION............................................... 3 VENUE...................................................... 4 FACTUAL BACKGROUND......................................... 4 PROCEDURAL HISTORY......................................... 5 FINDINGS OF FACT........................................... 8 The Promissory Note................................... 8 Checks to Hutchison, Long Leaf, and Mid Atlantic...... 10 Checks to Blue Horizon................................ 14 Additional Facts...................................... 15 CONCLUSIONS OF LAW......................................... 16 Count I: Breach of Contract on Note vs. Hutchison.... 16 Count II: Implied Contract vs. Hutchison............. 17 Count III: Unjust Enrichment vs. Hutchison........... 18 Count IV: Implied Contract vs. Blue Horizon.......... 18 Count V: Unjust Enrichment vs. Blue Horizon.......... 19 CONTENTIONS OF THE PARTIES................................. 19 Contentions of Plaintiff.............................. 19 Contentions of Defendants............................. 22 DISCUSSION................................................. 25 Motion for Judgment on Partial Findings............... 25 Piercing the Corporate Veil........................... 26 Page Claim Against Hutchison for Breach of Contract on Note............................................... 30 Claim Against Hutchison for Implied Contract.......... 33 A. Checks to Hutchison, Long Leaf and Mid Atlantic................................ 35 B. Checks to Blue Horizon...................... 37 C. Statute of Limitations...................... 40 Claim Against Hutchison for Unjust Enrichment......... 45 Claim Against Blue Horizon for Implied Contract....... 46 Claim Against Blue Horizon for Unjust Enrichment...... 49 CONCLUSION................................................. 51 -ii-

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