$1.7 Million Judgment in Business Tort Case

Romeo v. AHD International, LLC – January 11, 2005 – $1,768,458.75 Judgment

On January 11, 2005, after a five-day trial and over three hours of deliberations, a Fulton County (Ga.) Superior Court jury awarded David J. Romeo and his business, Global Nutrients, Inc., damages in the amount of $1,472,486 in a business torts case against Atlanta-based AHD International, LLC and its President, John Alkire. The case arose from a dispute over the dissolution of the business relationship between the two companies, both of which are involved in the sale and marketing of nutritional ingredients. The jury’s verdict included $1,404,486 in compensatory economic damages and $68,000 in punitive damages. The jury also determined that attorneys’ fees and expenses for the suit should be awarded to counsel for Romeo and Global Nutrients, in an amount to be determined by the trial judge. In April 2005, after hearing, the trial judge entered an order granting those fees and expenses of over $295,000, bringing the total judgment entered to $1,768,458.75.

Cale Conley, a partner in Conley Griggs LLP, served as counsel at the trial of the case for Romeo and Global Nutrients along with Christopher B. Hall of the Atlanta law firm of Cook, Hall & Lampros, LLP. Conley Griggs LLP partner Richard Griggs was also actively involved in trial preparation and trial strategy, and CG paralegal Bonnie Young played an integral role in both the trial and in pre-trial preparations.

For more information about this case, or if you believe you may have a case involving wrongful business practices, please contact Conley Griggs, LLP at 404-467-1155.