Insight Technology, Inc. v. FREIGHTCHECK, LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[persuading a person to break a contract for the indirect purpose of injuring the plaintiff or benefiting the defendant at the expense of the plaintiff is a malicious and actionable act if injury arises from it”
• stating that it has previously recognized “the black letter law that corporate officers and directors occupy a fiduciary relationship to the corporation and its shareholders, and are held to the standard of utmost good faith and loyalty.” (internal quotations omitted)
• explaining the origin of these elements as being those of the related tort of tortious interference with contractual or business relations
• plaintiff must establish elements of tortious interference “regardless of whether [the claim is] denominated [as] ‘aiding because trial court “did not engage in a res judicata analysis”
• complaint against competing entity sufficiently set forth a cause of action for aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty, which was deemed to be equivalent to a claim for tortious interference
• “regardless of whether denominated ‘aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty,’ ‘procuring a breach of fiduciary duty,’ or ‘tortious interference with a fiduciary relationship,’ Georgia law authorizes a plaintiff to recover upon proof of the following elements: (1

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jimmy Ledford v. Shelby Peeples, Jr.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-09-23· cited 96×
• Bigio v. Coca-Cola Co.
  Second Circuit· 2012-03-19· cited 74×
• Cottrell v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-08· cited 56×
• Diamond Power International, Inc. v. Davidson
  N.D. Georgia· 2007-10-01· cited 45×
• Wright v. Apartment Investment & Management Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-29· cited 45×
• White v. Shamrock Building Systems, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-09· cited 29×
• Ledford v. Peeples
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-05-06· cited 20×
• Hyperdynamics Corp. v. Southridge Capital Management, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-16· cited 17×
• Roger F. Kahn v. Daniel Lamar Britt, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-19· cited 14×
• Nalley v. Langdale
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-30· cited 13×
• Ledford v. Peeples
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-05-22· cited 11×
• Professional Energy Management, Inc. v. Necaise
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-09-25· cited 10×
• SCHINAZI Et Al. v. EDEN; And Vice Versa
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-07· cited 10×
• American Management Services East, LLC v. Fort Benning Family Communities, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-23· cited 8×
• Brewer v. Insight Technology, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-30· cited 7×
• U.S. Capital Funding VI, Ltd. v. Patterson Bankshares, Inc.
  S.D. Georgia· 2015-09-30· cited 7×
• One Sixty Over Ninety, LLC v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-27· cited 6×
• HA&W Capital Partners, LLC v. Bhandari
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-27· cited 6×
• Impreglon, Inc. v. Newco Enterprises, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2007-03-30· cited 5×
• CASUAL MALE RETAIL GROUP, INC. v. Yarbrough
  D. Massachusetts· 2007-10-17· cited 5×

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Atlanta Market Center Management Co. v. McLane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-07-13· cited 131×
• Luke v. DuPree
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1924-07-19· cited 85×
• Munroe v. Universal Health Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-24· cited 80×
• Latson v. Boaz
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-28· cited 63×
• Nottingham v. Wrigley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1965-10-07· cited 56×
• Paul v. Destito
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-06-22· cited 53×
• Witty v. McNeal Agency, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-08-10· cited 49×
• Arford v. Blalock
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-03-14· cited 48×
• National Linen Service Corp. v. Clower
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1934-07-11· cited 41×
• Williams General Corp. v. Stone
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-06-16· cited 40×
• Smith v. Hawks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-03-03· cited 35×
• Stargate Software International, Inc. v. Rumph
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-26· cited 33×
• Essex Group, Inc. v. Southwire Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-06-29· cited 33×
• Studdard v. Evans
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1964-01-06· cited 32×
• Griffin v. Fowler
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-20· cited 30×
• Tronitec, Inc. v. Shealy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-11· cited 29×
• U3S Corp. of America v. Parker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 28×
• Munford v. Valuation Research Corp. (In Re Munford, Inc.)
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-10-28· cited 26×
• Joiner v. Lane
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-23· cited 24×
• Monroe v. Board of Regents of University System of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-09· cited 22×