Texas Fiduciary Litigator: Old College Friends Do Not Generally Owe Fiduciary Duties To Each Other (July 25, 2020)

David Fowler Johnson, in his Texas Fiduciary Litigator Blog, discusses Gill v. Grewal.

In Gill v. Grewal, the suit arose out of a failed business venture between old college friends. No. 4:14-CV-2502, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104461 (S. D. Tex. June 15, 2020). Gill and Grewal attended college together in the late 1960s. After falling out of touch with each other for over thirty years, the two reconnected at a wedding. The day after the wedding, Grewal pitched Gill an entrepreneurial venture related to the healthcare industry. The parties then formed Healthema. After a dispute arose, Grewal sued his former friend for breaching fiduciary duties arising from the formation and operation of the business. Gill filed a motion for summary judgment, alleging that he did not owe any fiduciary duties to Grewal. The district court granted the summary judgment motion on this issue.

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Posted by Lewis J. Saret, Co-General Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal.