Jury awards Chuck’s Seafood owner almost $64,000 in fight over restaurant
April 2nd, 2009 by TCPalm.comFORT PIERCE — A jury says Lewis Barton owes Peter Angelos $63,797 for legal fees and other expenses from the two men’s court battle over Chuck’s Seafood.
The three-man, three-woman jury deliberated about 40 minutes after a one-day trial at the St. Lucie County Courthouse, reaching their decision late Wednesday evening.
Angelos bought the eatery on Seaway Drive on Hutchinson Island in 1986 and sold it to Barton in May 2004 for $1.45 million. However, when Barton failed to keep up payments, Angelos went to court to get the restaurant back, and after a seven-month legal battle, he did.
Acting as his own attorney, Barton admitted he owed Angelos some money, but not the nearly $75,000 Angelos was seeking.
By Tyler Treadway, TCPalm.com
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April 22nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Mr. Barton needs to move on, find another town or better yet state to bother. Been nothing but a pain in the butt since he showed up in town. I am glad and I hope he pays everyone back he has yanked off over the years. All this time, energy and money. Wasted on his continuos follies. Hey Lewis, I know some land in Iraq you should build on. Then instead of wasting the county’s time and tax dollars. Nothing a laser guided bomb could not clean up.