Opinion ID: 2602071
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: borghetti had the burden of raising a genuine issue of material fact sufficient to avoid summary judgment

Text: ¶14 In this case, the defendants, who moved for summary judgment, had the initial burden of demonstrating that there was no issue of material fact and that they were entitled to judgment as a matter of law. [3] But `once the moving party challenges an element of the nonmoving party's case on the basis that no genuine issue of material fact exists, the burden then shifts to the nonmoving party to present evidence that is sufficient to establish a genuine issue of material fact.' [4] In this case, the defendants presented expert testimony that Borghetti's shares had no value, and that Borghetti, therefore, suffered no damages. The burden then shifted to Borghetti to present evidence raising a genuine issue of material fact as to the value of his shares.