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Attorney Ronald LaRocca successfully persuaded the Rhode Island Supreme Court to uphold the Superior Court's decision in favor of LSG's client (a seller of real estate) due to the buyer's breach of a real estate purchase and sales agreement. Attorney LaRocca argued that the buyer's refusal to close in a timely manner constituted a breach of contract, despite the lack of a "time is of the essence" provision in the agreement. To combat the buyer's arguments, Attorney LaRocca focused the Supreme Court's attention on the course of dealing between the parties and the buyer's lack of any valid basis to timely close on the property. The Supreme Court's holding clears the title to LSG's client's property so that it may be sold and it also allows LSG to pursue money damages against the defaulting buyer.
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- After a week-long jury trial in the Massachusetts Superior Court concerning a highly contentious real estate development partnership dispute, Brian LaPlante and Michael Jacobs obtained a $550,000 jury verdict (nearly $850,000 after the application of statutory interest) for LSG's client. The jury also rejected the opposing party's $275,000 counterclaim. The opposing party's offer of settlement was just $20,000 before trial.
- Brian LaPlante and Michael Jacobs obtained an exceptional result for the firm's client after a three day proceeding concerning complex business ownership, employment, and accounting issues. In addition to securing the outright dismissal of a nearly $200,000 breach of employment claim brought against LSG's client, Attorneys LaPlante and Jacobs obtained a sizeable counterclaim award for the firm's client.
- Brian LaPlante and Nicole Labonte successfully resolved a client's corporate veil piercing claim in a construction litigation matter while presenting the case to a Massachusetts Superior Court jury.
- After several days of trying a complex claim of principal-agent liability before a Rhode Island Superior Court jury, Brian LaPlante and Michael Jacobs obtained a six figure settlement for the firm's client.
- The Massachusetts Superior Court issued a verdict in favor of the firm's client after Brian LaPlante zealously defended at trial claims brought against the client stemming from a lease agreement with a national retailer.
- Brian LaPlante and Nicole Labonte prevailed against a prominent regional law firm in a trial held before the Honorable Justice Torres in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island concerning the enforcement of a lease agreement between the firm's client, a prominent developer, and a municipality attempting to avoid its leasehold and environmental indemnification obligations.
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