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Case: The defendants (=def) had a business for raising aquarium fish and interested the plaintiff (=pl) in investing 200,000 shekels for a 10% share in the company, including veto power, along with other major investors, in the company’s decisions. Def told pl that a marketing company (Daga) was committed to sell all fish they produced; the two disagree whether he said there was a contract with that company or just an understanding. After a short time, Daga reported that they would be limited and selective in marketing the company’s fish, and after half of a year, def closed the company due to ongoing losses. Pl is suing to recoup his investment, with the claim that def misrepresented their investment and because the liquidation of the company was done without agreement or even consultation. For one year, he accepted free use of def’s warehouse as payment worth 40,000 shekels, but he does not want to continue this practice. Pl therefore demands 160,000 shekels.

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It is clear that def was obligated to discuss with pl and other partners steps the company could take other than closing it. Additionally, def ran the business with its funds mixed in among those of another business of theirs, which did not allow investors to properly appraise the state of the business. Therefore, even, as it seems, pl would have had little choice but to give up on the company, which was losing money monthly without a good prospect for improvement, def violated their commitment to pl.
With the authority we have to rule based on compromise, we consider def responsible for the loss of pl’s investment at the rate of 80%, or 160,000 shekels. Since pl has already received 40,000 shekels of equity from the warehouse, def remains obligated to pay 120,000 shekels. Although def wants to continue payment in the form of use of the warehouse, pl has reasonable concerns, especially that it is not legally registered. We accept pl’s concern, but based on compromise allow def to pay in monthly installments, which approximately conform to the rental value of the warehouse. It is to be paid whether or not def succeeds in renting it out to someone else.

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