Influential Marsh director wraps up week's trial testimony
St. Elmo Steakhouse owner Stephen Huse testified that directors had a hard time keeping Don Marsh focused on a potential sale of the company as it teetered toward insolvency.
View ArticleLack of restraint caused Marsh family's downfall
What’s extraordinary about the spending spree was that it continued even as Marsh Supermarkets' financial condition grew increasingly precarious.
View ArticleMarsh pilot says he flew former CEO to see mistresses
At least twice a month during the year 2000, the pilot told jurors, he ferried Don Marsh to New York City to visit one of his mistresses. Marsh Supermarkets is suing its former CEO in an attempt to...
View ArticleSun Capital execs 'shocked' by Marsh financials
Any feelings of satisfaction that Sun Capital Partners executives had after completing the acquisition of Marsh Supermarkets Inc. quickly turned to "shock and surprise," a managing director of the...
View ArticleDavid Marsh defends trips he took at company's expense
The former Marsh Supermarkets president told jurors: "Every time I used [the plane] I had a time constraint, and my time was valuable to the company."
View ArticleMarsh Supermarkets rests case against former CEO
Lawyers for Don Marsh got their first chance to go on the offensive Wednesday after Marsh Supermarkets Inc. rested its case against the company's former CEO.
View ArticleWitnesses: Don Marsh’s expenses never questioned
Lawyers for the former CEO of Marsh Supermarkets on Thursday hammered home their claims his expenses were widely accepted in the company as normal business costs, while witness testimony revealed a...
View ArticleJury to begin deliberating in Don Marsh trial
The panel of nine will begin closed-door discussions Friday afternoon following closing arguments from attorneys representing Marsh Supermarkets Inc. and the former CEO of the company accused of...
View ArticleMarsh Supermarkets asking former CEO to pay $5.6M
A company lawyer itemized the expenses Marsh Supermarkets believes it is owed during closing arguments Friday. A lawyer for Don Marsh argued that he neither committed fraud nor breached his contract.
View ArticleJury returns $2.2M judgment against Don Marsh
A federal jury returned a $2.2 million judgment against iconic Marsh Supermarkets CEO Don Marsh late Friday, finding that he tapped corporate coffers for personal expenses.
View ArticleDecision could come soon on Don Marsh severance claim
The issue will be decided by Judge Sarah Evans Barker, who presided over a two-week civil trial that saw a federal jury return a $2.2 million judgment against the former CEO of Marsh Supermarkets Inc....
View ArticleMarsh closing stores in Marion, Columbus
The locally based grocery chain said it is shutting down the stores rather than renew leases. Following the closings, Marsh will have 91 stores in Indiana and Ohio.
View ArticleSettlement talks set for Don Marsh severance dispute
Lawyers for Marsh Supermarkets Inc. and its former CEO will meet Monday on the issue of whether Don Marsh should have to repay the roughly $2.1 million in severance he received from the company.
View ArticleAppeals court upholds Marsh's $18.2M award from Roche
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld an $18.2 million judgment Monday in favor of Marsh Supermarkets LLC on its complaint alleging that Roche breached a contract to sublease space in the Fishers...
View ArticleSpecialty grocer on wish list for MSA development
Flaherty & Collins, the developer of the 28-story tower, "would love to have a Whole Foods" or similar grocer as a retail tenant. With one Marsh two blocks away and another under construction...
View ArticleDon Marsh to keep $2.2M severance from grocery chain
Judge Sarah Evans Barker issued an order allowing Marsh to keep the severance paid by his former company, which attempted to recover the payments from him. The order ends a four-year court battle...
View ArticleMarsh Supermarkets, former CEO spar over attorney fees
The company and Don Marsh each want the other to pay legal bills that, coincidentally, total about $1.7 million each. They stem from a bitter court battle between the two that concluded in July.
View ArticleFormer Marsh exec joins local Colliers office
Former Marsh Supermarkets Inc. executive Bill Marsh has joined the Indianapolis office of Colliers International as vice president of retail services.
View ArticleCourtroom drama features local names
Several of the top local business stories of 2013 involved legal battles with big-name participants.
View ArticleMarsh to shut down 8 stores by end of month
The closings, which include five in the Indianapolis market, will leave the chain with 78 stores in two states.
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