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Jury Awards $2.1M in Houston Mall Dispute

A Harris County jury last week awarded a Houston investor $2.1 million after ruling that a well-known local real estate developer illegally used him to secure the purchase of the West Oaks Mall in 2017. 

In a 10-2 verdict rendered Friday, the jurors ruled that developer Sunil Mehta formed a partnership with investor Mohammed Ahmed when the two orally agreed to buy and develop the mall together, that Mehta breached that agreement when he cut Ahmed out of the deal and that Mehta was unjustly enriched by his fraud. 

Natalie Posgate

Natalie Posgate covers pro bono work, public service and diversity within the Texas legal community.

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