Borst Brothers Construction, Inc. v. Thomas Dostal Developers, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding plaintiff’s status of manager does not necessarily subject one to a fiduciary duty owed
• holding plaintiff’s conversion claim failed because materials were returned
• “In conversion[,] the measure of damages is the full value of the chattel, at the time and place of the tort.”
• “Spoliation [occurs when] a party who has notice that evidence is relevant to litigation . . . proceeds to destroy [it.]” (citations omitted)
• “case law . . . is clear that an employee may make preparations to compete and schedule appointments for a new business prior to termination of employment”
• “No precise language can define the limits of the relation[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).