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Multi-Million-Dollar Suit Filed Against MGM Grand by Morganroth and Morganroth, Charging Collusion, Conspiracy and Theft of Trade Secrets

Press Release: Morganroth and Morganroth PLLC
December 23, 2005
SOUTHFIELD, MI -- Prominent attorney Mayer Morganroth has filed a 69 million dollar lawsuit in Detroit demanding a trial by jury against MGM GRAND DETROIT, LLC, MGM GRAND RESORTS, LLC and MGM MIRAGE, INC. Morganroth charges that agents of MGM acted in premeditated conspiracy to cheat L.S. Brinker/Brinker Team Construction Co and two subsidiaries, City Carpet & Flooring, Inc. and Universal Glass and Metals, Inc., all of Michigan, out of millions of dollars.

Brinker in joint venture with Perini Building Company of Arizona was contracted to build the new multi-million dollar MGM Grand Detroit Casino and hotel. The casino currently operating must be updated by a permanent casino and the new hotel to comply with the operating arrangement between MGM and the City of Detroit.

The complaint says the key man for the Brinker/Perini joint venture, David Agnello, in charge of planning and execution of constructing the hotel, betrayed Brinker.

"In simple terms," Morganroth said, "Mr. Agnello not only stole, converted and delivered trade secrets, plans and details to MGM's Senior Vice President of Construction, Benjamin Mammina, he betrayed the trust he swore to uphold as an employee."

"This is the man who, in a position of trust, had all confidential and proprietary trade secret information belonging to the joint venture Brinker/Perini including cost estimates, budgets, projected profits, scheduling, subcontractors, construction strategies and more. Agnello not only betrayed Brinker, he failed to live up to fiduciary responsibilities," Morganroth charged.

Morganroth said Agnello willfully colluded with MGM representatives to steal the job from Brinker and did in fact cut a deal where he would leave and establish his own company, which he did earlier this year.

"After Agnello set up his new company, Tre Builders," Morganroth said. "MGM, specifically Benjamin Mammina, sent a notice to Larry Brinker saying MGM was canceling the contract with Brinker/Perini." Morganroth continued, "In sheer arrogance, MGM then contracted with Agnello's Tre Builders to construct the MGM Detroit properties thereby unjustly cheating Brinker and subsidiaries out of millions of dollars."


Source: Morganroth and Morganroth PLLC