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Securities
Suitability
Hedge Funds

Donald Sehmel and Mary Sehmel as Trustees of the 1995 Sehmel Homestead Charitable Trust and on behalf of the Sehmel Homestead Limited Partnership v. RP Capital LLC, Strategic Capital Group LLC, Craig Johnsen, Norman Price, Ronald Robertson and Genesis Capital LLC

Published: Jun. 15, 2013 | Result Date: Jun. 3, 2013 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: 12-00556 Arbitration –  Dismissal

Court

FINRA


Attorneys

Claimant

Patrick Baldwin
(Baldwin Mader Law Group)

Christopher P. Mader
(Baldwin Mader Law Group)


Respondent

William E. Fitzharris Jr.


Facts

Donald Sehmel filed suit against RP Capital LLC and others, asserting causes of action for suitability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and misrepresentation, breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, negligence and negligent misrepresentation, failure to observe high commercial standards, and respondeat superior liability. The causes of action related to Sehmel's investments in various securities, proprietary hedge funds, and funds of funds.

Damages

Sehmel requested $1,135,070 in compensatory damages.

Result

Sehmel's claims were dismissed with prejudice. ARBITRATORS: Joseph C. Roberts, Thomas Dreiling and Elwood Avery


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