Thursday, December 1, 2016

M&S Secures $2.09 Million For Wronged Mexican Valve Distributor

Originally published by John Sheppard.

M&S recently recovered $2.09 million* for Alpha Solutions, a Mexican valve distributor that had been defrauded by its former business partner, a Canadian valve manufacturer.  After more than two years of litigation in the trial court, multiple failed motions to dismiss, depositions in three countries, and an intervening trip to the court of appeals, our client Alpha Solutions was fully vindicated on the eve of trial.  In addition to obtaining significant money damages, our client’s reputation was restored.  This case exemplifies why hard work and determination are necessary to overcome well-funded opponents intent on denying responsibility.  More details about the case are provided below. Since 2006 and pursuant to a written contract, Alpha Solutions was the exclusive distributor of oilfield valves in southern Mexico for a Canadian manufacturer named Master Flo.  The relationship was very profitable, and Alpha Solutions grew the product line from practically nothing to a multi-million dollar brand in Mexico. That all changed in 2012, when Master Flo turned its back on Alpha Solutions, and conspired with a disgruntled former employee of Alpha Solutions to replace Alpha Solutions with a new company. Remarkably, it was Master Flo that first threatened to sue Alpha Solutions for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In response, Alpha Solutions sued first in Texas state court.  Master Flo countersued, and fought tooth-and-nail to move the case to its home turf in Canada for over a year. Master Flo then vigorously opposed our efforts to obtain their emails and phone records, and even filed a mandamus with the Houston Fourteenth Court of Appeals to try and prevent them from […]

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