On April 25, Larson client Mach-1 Autogroup was awarded a complete trial victory in the latest in a series of legal disputes with plaintiff Marc Spizzirri.
The case began with a lawsuit between Mr. Spizzirri and Mach-1 after a 2008 agreement to purchase Mr. Spizzirri’s Honda dealership in Santa Margarita fell through. Mach-1, owned by brothers Craig and Barry Baptiste, asserted that Mr. Spizzirri was required to return deposits from the attempted sale and had also failed to repay a $1 million loan made as part of the transaction.
In the April trial, the court granted Mach-1’s motion for non-suit, finding that Mr. Spizzirri was not entitled to any amount of restitution and that Mach-1 did not mismanage entities that it seized after prevailing at an earlier trial.
“This is a definitive win for Mach-1, and brings years of litigation to a close,” said Larson partner Paul Rigali. Mach-1’s trial team also included partner Dana Howard, associates Tyler J. Franklin, Kimberly Wilkinson, Ben Falstein, Juliette Tran, and Alix Zelener, paralegal Raymond Roman, and staff members Lori Cruz and Haewon Park.
