E-Malt.com News article: USA, WI: Lawsuit against Capital Brewery dismissed

A Dane County judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by minority shareholders of Capital Brewery which claimed misconduct by company executives, wkow.com reported on November 14.

The plaintiffs claimed brewery president Scott Weiner and director Richard King left them out of important decisions involving the company. However, Judge Peter Anderson says the minority shareholders haven't shown they had standing to sue.

Weiner and King hold nearly 55% of Capital stock.

The State Journal reports the minority shareholders were led by former brewmaster, Kirby Nelson.

Nelson is now brewmaster at Wisconsin Brewing Co. in Verona, which opened in November 2013. He opened the brewery with Carl Nolen, a former president of Capital who made an unsuccessful offer to buy the company in 2011.


14 November, 2014