Pomerantz v. Green’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““Pomerantz and Quad Cities Nissan, Inc. (“Quad Cities”), filed an action against G. Olen Green and Shoals Nissan, Inc., predecessor to G. Group, Inc., alleging fraud and misrepresentation.... “Pomerantz is the majority shareholder in Quad Cities; Green is the majority shareholder in G. Group, Inc., which contains the assets of Shoals Nissan except for those assets sold by Shoals Nissan to Pomerantz and Quad Cities. In May 1989, Pomerantz and his son Martin Pomerantz, Jr., negotiated with Green to purchase Shoals Nissan’s automobile business_ During the course of negotiations for the purchase, Green provided Pomerantz with a financial statement concerning Shoals Nissan’s automobile business. Quad Cities alleges that Green fraudulently misrepresented the profitability of that automobile business in that financial statement. [[Image here]] “The evidence indicates that during the negotiations Pomerantz and Pomerantz, Jr., both insisted that Green provide them with a financial statement and that they told Green that they would not buy the business if they did not receive one. The financial statement that Green gave the Pomerantzes was partially handwritten and it purported to represent the operations of the automobile business from January 1, 1989, through April 30, 1989. Concerning that financial statement, Pomerantz, Jr., in deposition, testified in response to questions by Green as follows: “ ‘Q. Well, didn’t he tell you, “I’ll give you one, but you can’t go by all these figure”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 590 So. 2d 903 - Pomerantz v. Green