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Blake B. Hartman v. BigInch Fabricators & Construction Holding Company, Inc.

When:
THU, DEC 3, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Case No:
20S-PL-00618
Lower Case:
19A-PL-02263
County:
Parke
Current local time is: SUN, NOV 7, 2021, 11:27 PM
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Case Summary

n 2018, BigInch terminated its former president Blake Hartman, triggering the required purchase provision of the parties’ shareholder agreement. Hartman’s shares were initially appraised at around $3.5 million but the appraiser then used the marketability and minority discounts to reduce their value to $2.4 million. On Hartman’s petition for declaratory judgment, the Parke Circuit Court granted summary judgment to BigInch. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that neither open market valuation discount could apply to a closed market sale like this one. Hartman v. BigInch Fabricators & Constr. Holding Co., Inc., 148 N.E.3d 1017 (Ind. Ct. App. 2020), vacated. The Indiana Supreme Court has granted a petition to transfer and assumed jurisdiction over the case.