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Representation Of Defendants
 
All cases have different results. The following is intended to provide a cross section of the kinds of cases that Edmund Rugger Burke, III, as lead counsel or co-lead counsel, has successfully defended through a summary judgment or a verdict. The amounts are gross amounts before deductions of fees and expenses.  
 

Claims Dismissed

 

Business Dispute –  (1) Fraud, (2) Securities Act Violations, (3) Corporation Veil Piercing, And (4) Individual Liability After Loss Of Charter

Investor and shareholder claims dismissed against oil and ultrasound technology Company’s officers. 

 
 

Claims Dismissed

 

Business Dispute –  Breach of Contract

Claims dismissed against International internet domain registrar in suit brought by another internet domain service.

 
 

Claims Dismissed with Prejudice

 

Business Dispute Breach of Contract etc.

Business dispute between plaintiff, a supplier of equipment and products in the food and beverage industry, and defendant business, a wholesale beverage company, and its individual representative for breach of a supply contract.
Two other defendants were also sued. All claims against the business defendant and individual defendant represented by firm dismissed.

 
 

Declaratory Judgment for Defendant

 

Business Dispute Breach of Contract

Defendant business (a medical service provider) sued by company for, among other things, breach of franchise agreement. Defendant business sought declaratory judgment that the contract was unenforceable and that the plaintiff was not entitled to any specific performance. Declaratory judgment in favor of defendant and judgment against plaintiff for defendant's attorney's fees.

 
 

Declaratory Judgment for Defendant

 

Business Dispute Breach of Contract

Petitioner brought action to declare business contract that respondent was attempting to enforce void under Georgia law.

 
 

Summary Judgment for Defendant

 

Business Dispute Breach of Contract

Defendant sued by plaintiff, an attorney, for damages relating to the separation of a partnership and sale of real property. Judgment against plaintiff for defendant's attorney's fees.

 
 

Jury Verdict for Defendant

 

Business Dispute - Deceptive Trade Practices

Defendant business (carpet seller and installer) sued for breach of contract and alleged deceptive trade practices. Judgment for defendant.

 
 

Claims Dismissed with Prejudice

 

Business Dispute Fiduciary Duty etc. (Federal Court)

Plaintiff, a publicly-traded manufacturer, sued defendant business, an independent manufacturer's representative for breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, conspiracy. Plaintiff's claims against Defendant dismissed and Defendant's counterclaims against Plaintiff allowed to proceed to trial.

 
 

Jury Verdict for Defendant

 

Business Tort

Defendant business (commercial water pump seller) sued by former salesman for hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions for alleged transfers of inventory and breach of contract.

 
 

Summary Judgment for Defendants

 

Business Dispute Business Tort (Complex Case)

Defendant business (a national marketer of telephone and cable services based in Colorado) and its individual officers sued by competing business for, among other things: breach of fiduciary duty, tortuous interference with contracts, and conspiracy. Plaintiff claimed losses in the millions of dollars.
Federal court denied plaintiff's claims and allowed defendants to pursue counter-claims.

 
 

Claims Dismissed with Prejudice


 

Business Dispute Tortious Interference, etc.

Dispute between plaintiff business, a network systems integration and fiber optic installer and the defendant business, a utility and communication networking service, over municipal and private contracts obtained by the defendant. Plaintiff sued defendant and three individual representatives of the company. All claims against all defendants dismissed.

 
 

Summary Judgment for Defendant

 

Negligence Case

Individual defendant sued by plaintiff who defendant shot during a road rage incident. Judgment against plaintiff for defendant's attorney's fees.

 
 

Jury Verdict for Defendant

 

Negligence Case

Individual defendant sued for damages resulting from a physical altercation. (Defendant had previously received a 30 year sentence from the criminal court.) Judgment against co-defendant company represented by other counsel for $250,000.00.

 
 

 
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