ADAIMY

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Edmond Adaimy appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants Sandra Ruhl and Jerash, LLC, and from an order denying his motion for new trial. Plaintiff contends the trial court erred in denying a new trial based on inconsistent special verdicts and a vague special verdict form. He further contends the trial court abused its discretion in declining to resolve equitable issues. Defendants claim the appeal must be dismissed, in that plaintiff’s notice of appeal was untimely. We agree with defendants and dismiss the appeal.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case arose out of a business transaction between Edmond Adaimy (Adaimy) and his friend Subhi Zhili (Zhili) and Zhili’s wife, Sandra Ruhl (Ruhl). Adaimy invested money in a development project supervised by Ruhl. The project resulted in a financial loss to Adaimy. Adaimy subsequently learned that the loss may not have been as great as Ruhl represented it to be, and that Ruhl may have used his investment to help finance a separate project by her own company, Jerash, LLC (Jerash).

Adaimy sued Ruhl and Jerash for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing,…