Commercial Litigation
We also have a wealth of experience in commercial litigation including breach of contract, sales of businesses, uniform commercial code disputes, intellectual property, non-compete contracts, and corporate and real estate transactions.
Recently, the firm served as lead counsel in a complex corporate and environmental litigation in federal court in Tennessee involving alleged regional groundwater contamination. The case was taken to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, where the Court found in our client’s favor on corporate successor liability issues. Ray Flake, et al. v. Schrader-Bridgeport International, et al., Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Case No. 11-5522.
The firm is also defending a defense contractor in a contractual indemnity dispute. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (Northern District of Ohio, Case No. 5:13-CV-2465). A Summary Judgment Motion on behalf of our client was granted by Judge Lioi on September 29, 2014 and is currently pending appeal in the Sixth Circuit.