United States Tenth Circuit

In an action against plaintiff's former company and two of its former officers, accusing them of perpetrating a fraud that rendered her stock options in the company worthless, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the parties' separation agreement unambiguously barred plaintiff's claims; and 2) although the separation agreement entitled defendant to recoup the attorney's fees it incurred in defending the suit, the agreement did not permit the company to recover the fees it incurred in prosecuting a counterclaim against plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2010
• Published 09/08/2010

Judges

• Neil Gorsuch

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald R. Bradford, Brian E. Maas