<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Indianapolis, IN -</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">2.19.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The former CEO of Marsh Supermarkets has been ordered to pay $2.2 million after a jury ruled in favor of the company late Friday.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Jurors ruled that Don Marsh committed fraud against Marsh Supermarkets, and that he must pay fraud as well as breach of contract damages.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The lawsuit alleged that Marsh had used the company as his personal checkbook, using millions of dollars to purchase extravagant trips and expensive gifts for family and friends, according to The Indy Channel.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Marsh's attorney, Andrew McNeil, argued that the former executive didn't commit fraud, contending that the supermarket's board knew of Marsh's spending and that his actions didn't violate the company policies or his contract.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">In regard to Marsh, McNeil stated his client "is not perfect, he is not a saint, but he gave everything he had to Marsh Supermarkets." But McNeil argued that the company that bought Marsh Supermarkets in 2006, and dismissed Marsh as CEO, was trying to use "different rules that didn't exist at the time Don Marsh was there."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Obviously we are disappointed with the verdict,” said Andrew McNeil, Marsh’s attorney. “Mr. Marsh did work over his life to build the grocery stores and we’re disappointed it’s come to this.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.marsh.net/" target="_new"> Marsh Supermarkets</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
