Clark v. Autonation

Summary

Clark, an Alamo car rental marketing executive, requested enforcement against Autonation of his employment contract's salary continuation provision of $1 million dollars ($100K per year for ten years). Autonation purchased Alamo and allegedly accepted responsibility for making the continuation payments if Alamo did not. After Clark's employment ended, Autonation divested Alamo, and Alamo subsequently declared bankruptcy and stopped making payments to Clark. The jury was asked to determine whether Autonation or Alamo was obligated to make the payments.

Outcome

No Record

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Clark, MacDonald
Defense: AutoNation

Judge: Jeffrey Streitfeld
Jurisdiction: 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Judicial Complex

Case Number: 062002CA020987
Industry: Finance
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment Law

Plaintiff

Clark, MacDonald

Defense

AutoNation

Represented By:
Lavin, Andrew (Navon & Lavin, P.A.)
Ivers, Richard (Ivers, Richard A, Law Offices of)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:21	Opening Statement	Falzone, Todd
00:36:35	Opening Statement	Ivers, Richard
01:09:22	Break

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:10	General Case Activities
00:03:10	General Case Activities	Ivers, Richard
00:07:43	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Handely, Mr. Richard	Video Recording
00:15:05	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Bahr, Mr. Steve	Transcript Reading
00:20:28	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Edwards, Collen	Video Recording
00:25:50	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Smith, Mr. Peter	Transcript Reading
00:30:28	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:12	Witness Direct Examination	Uustal, John	Clark, McDonald	In Person
		00:56:26	Break

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:30	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Edmunds, Comen	In Person
		00:29:10	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Edmunds, Comen	In Person

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Lavin, Andrew	Clark, McDonald	In Person
		01:49:30	General Case Activities	Lavin, Andrew	Clark, McDonald	In Person

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Ivers, Richard	Edmunds, Comen	In Person
00:23:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Uustal, John	Edmunds, Comen	In Person
00:24:38	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Uustal, John	Clark, McDonald	In Person
00:21:09	Break
00:21:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Uustal, John	Clark, McDonald	In Person
00:22:17	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Beard, Karen	In Person
00:46:45	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Edmunds, Comen	In Person
01:15:38	Witness Direct Examination	Falzone, Todd	Edmunds, Comen	In Person

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:09	Witness Direct Examination	Ivers, Richard	Berrare, Richard	In Person
		00:36:40	Witness Direct Examination	Ivers, Richard	Berrare, Richard	In Person

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:40	Witness Cross Examination	Falzone, Todd	Hawkins, Todd	In Person
00:05:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Ivers, Richard	Hawkins, Todd	In Person
00:07:12	Witness Direct Examination	Ivers, Richard	Schortz, Mr. Howard	Audio Recording
01:23:49	End of Session

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:29	Witness Cross Examination	Uustal, John	Berrare, Richard	In Person
		00:38:39	Witness Cross Examination	Uustal, John	Berrare, Richard	In Person

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Uustal, John	Berrare, Richard	In Person
00:08:08	Witness Direct Examination	Lavin, Andrew	Hawkins, Todd	In Person
00:22:29	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:00	Witness Direct Examination	Lavin, Andrew	Egan, Michael	In Person
00:18:30	Witness Cross Examination	Uustal, John	Egan, Michael	In Person
00:33:45	Witness Direct Examination	Ivers, Richard	Smith, Mr. Peter C.	Transcript Reading
00:40:08	Witness Direct Examination	Lavin, Andrew	Karsner, Michael	In Person
01:03:40	General Case Activities
01:04:33	Closing Statement	Uustal, John
01:44:14	Closing Statement	Ivers, Richard
02:27:24	Closing Statement	Uustal, John
02:42:10	General Case Activities

PM Session

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0 Chapters

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