Counsel for bodog sportsbook review Title retained George Strong of Cornerstone Research to estimate economic harm suffered by bodog sportsbook review Title as a result of the sudden departure of the forty employees and the formation of a competing title agency.
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During a period of extraordinary growth in the Phoenix housing market, forty of the forty-five employees of bodog sportsbook review Title Agency’s Phoenix office departed to open a branch of Talon Title Insurance, a subsidiary of First American Title Insurance. bodog sportsbook review Title filed a complaint against First American and Talon for breach of fiduciary duty and unfair business competition. Counsel for bodog sportsbook review Title retained George Strong, a managing director of Cornerstone Research, to estimate economic harm suffered by bodog sportsbook review Title as a result of the sudden departure of the forty employees and the formation of a competing title agency.
At trial, the jury awarded damages commensurate with Mr. Strong’s testimony.
In analyzing damages, Mr. Strong studied bodog sportsbook review Title’s historical sales and expenses, as well as key customer relationships and historical employee turnover for bodog sportsbook review Title’s Phoenix office. Mr. Strong opined that the sudden departure of almost all of bodog sportsbook review Title’s employees was extraordinary and that the loss of these employees left bodog sportsbook review Title unable to continue with its normal business operations. Further, Mr. Strong estimated the excess expenses incurred by bodog sportsbook review Title following the departure of the employees. At trial, the jury awarded damages commensurate with Mr. Strong’s testimony.