Rickie Heatherly v. Off The Wagon Tours, LLC

Syllabus

Relying on an inapplicable statute, the plaintiff asked the court to order a limited liability company to produce records for his inspection. Claiming that the plaintiff had never been a member, the LLC denied that he was entitled to access its records. After a bench trial, the court found that the plaintiff was a member and entitled to inspect and copy the records. So the court ordered the LLC to allow the inspection and to pay the plaintiff's costs and attorney's fees incurred in filing suit. The evidence does not preponderate against the court's finding that the plaintiff was a member at formation of the LLC. But because the relief was sought under an inapplicable statute, we vacate the inspection order and the award of attorney's fees.