by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Mikalacki v. Rubezic This Arizona divorce appeal affirmed the trial court’s acceptance of a calculation of value the wife’s expert, Brendan Kennedy, offered to determine the value of the couple’s law firm awarded to the husband in the trial. The husband appealed other...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Family Tacos, LLC v. Auto Owners Ins. Co. Summary In this business interruption case resulting from mandatory shutdowns to control COVID-19, the court grants a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claims. Plaintiff operates two restaurants in Ohio, which has incurred...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Valuations
A recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy ruling on the creditor’s election to treat its claim fully secured turned on valuation issues. On a basic level, the question was how to value a fitness club in the context of COVID-19 and the resulting economic uncertainty. The parties’...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Hartman v. BigInch Fabricators & Construction Holding Co., Inc In 2020, the Indiana Court of Appeals overturned the trial court and found for the selling shareholder when it decided discounts were inappropriate in any compulsory, closed-market sale. The court did...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Oudheusden v. Oudheusden The Connecticut Supreme Court clarified this jurisdiction’s approach to double counting (or double-dipping in a recent decision). The court acknowledged that it had never been asked to determine whether the rule against double counting applied...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Uncategorized, Valuations
The key issue in the bankruptcy proceedings involving a debtor entity that owned two hotels was the value of the hotels, which would control the amount of the main creditor’s secured and unsecured claims. The valuation date was October 2020, a point when the effect of...