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between the parties, everything was discussed Defendant accepted the proposal to marry,
and defendant never rejected the agreement however after a mutual decision to end the
or attempted to make changes or additions. engagement, defendant refused to return the
The court held that the fact that neither party ring. Plaintiff brought claims of breach of
signed the agreement did not bar plaintiff ’s contract, unjust enrichment, and conversion,
breach of contract claim. and defendant argued in a special defense that
plaintiff did not pay for all or majority of the
CONTRACTS • TRADE SECRETS • ring, and, in another special defense, entitle-
CIVIL PROCEDURE ment to a set-off credit for the amount con-
tributed by third parties. Evidence adduced at
trial indicated plaintiff contributed $4,000 to-
Court Denied Plaintiff’s Motion to Cite ward the actual purchase of the ring, traded in
Involuntary Additional Plaintiffs
another ring for $1200, and that defendant’s
mother paid for the remainder. After weigh-
CASE: Thermoseal, LLC v. Brezac ing the evidence, the court found plaintiff
COURT: Stamford/Norwalk J.D. at Stamford had contributed $5,200 toward the purchase
DOC. NO.: CV-20-6045661 of the ring, with the remainder contributed
COURT OPINION BY: Karazin by the defendant’s mother. The court ordered
DATE: October 22, 2020 • PAGES: 6 the sale of the ring as approved by the court,
and apportioned percentages to plaintiff and
Pursuant to an employment agreement, plain- to defendant’s mother.
tiff employed defendant as its Sales and Mar-
keting Manager. Plaintiff later sued defen-
dant, alleging breach of contract, civil theft,
and misappropriation of trade secrets. Plain- CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES • EXPERT
tiff moved to add additional plaintiffs and de-
fendant objected. The court denied plaintiff ’s WITNESSES

motion. Plaintiff alleged that defendant mis- Court Ordered Parties to Pay Neutral
appropriated trade secrets including custom- Accounting Expert’s Fees for His
er lists and chemical and scientific formulas. Review of the Case
Plaintiff claimed that it is the proper party of
interest with respect to the customer lists, but
the formulas belong to Foam Systems, LLC. CASE: Roblyer v. Belpoint Capital, LLC
The court stated that there was no indication COURT: Fairfield J.D. at Bridgeport
that Foam Systems, LLC had consented to be DOC. NO.: CV-166060875
joined as plaintiffs, nor had they sought to be COURT OPINION BY: Stevens
joined as plaintiffs. Without their consent, DATE: October 23, 2020 • PAGES: 8
the court held that it would not grant plain- Defendant retained plaintiff to manage all
tiff ’s motion to cite them as involuntary plain- construction involving defendant’s real es-
tiffs. Defendant also moved to cite additional tate business. Defendant was to be compen-
defendants, former employees of plaintiff, on sated through a profit-sharing agreement
the grounds that they assisted defendant in the and plaintiff was entitled to review defen-
theft. The court also denied this motion. dant’s records to verify the amount he was
owed. Plaintiff claimed that he was owed
compensation that defendant failed to pay
CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES and that he was entitled to review records

Court Orders Property Sale and that defendant failed to produce. Plaintiff
Apportionment of Proceeds sued defendant for breach of contract and
unjust enrichment, and also sought an ac-
counting. The parties agreed that Marcum
CASE: Muggeo v. Olson LLP would do the accounting as a neutral
COURT: Stamford/Norwalk J.D. at Stamford expert. Marcum submitted six invoices
DOC. NO.: CV-18-6038237 and eventually filed a report with the court
COURT OPINION BY: Adams stating that plaintiff was not entitled to in-
DATE: November 02, 2020 • PAGES: 6
Plaintiff and defendant were romantical- come because none of the projects reached
ly involved, and plaintiff gave defendant an the final completion stage. Defendant filed
engagement ring, allegedly valued at $17,000. a motion to accept Marcum’s report. The

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