Shrock v. Meier

In a case involving claims for fraud, constructive fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional interference with contract, conversion and unjust enrichment, Plaintiffs appealed from a circuit court order dismissing some of their claims, striking their demand for a jury trial, denying them leave to amend, and entering a directed verdict in favor of defendants. The appellate court affirmed, finding that some of plaintiffs’ claims as they related to one defendant were not timely, that the trial court did not err in dismissing most of plaintiffs’ claims for failure to state a cause of action, that the trial court did not err when it granted defendants’ motion for a directed verdict on plaintiffs’ claim for the aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty, that precedent did not establish the right to a trial by jury on that claim, and that the trial court did not err when it denied plaintiffs’ leave to amend their complaint. (MIKVA and ODEN JOHNSON, concurring)