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Wednesday, May 03 2017 |
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Popular reality-tv star and host of "Fixer-Upper" Chip Gaines is being sued by his former cofounders of Magnolia Real Estate Company.
According to news reports, John L. Lewis and Richard L. Clark are suing Gaines in Texas state court for $1 million. Lewis and Clark charge that Gaines bought them out of the company for $2,500 just days before the HGTV series premiered nationally and that Gaines didn't mention anything to them before the sale.
In response to the lawsuit, Gaines tweeted, "Fyi: Ive had the same cell # 15 years.. same email for 20 yrs. No one called or emailed? 4 years later 'friends' reach out via lawsuit.. humm."
Gaines' attorney told Fox News, "We are confident that these claims will be found to be meritless, and it is disappointing to see people try to take advantage of the hard work and success of Chip and Joanna Gaines."
—Source: foxnews.com |
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Thursday, April 27 2017 |
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An Eau Claire, Wisconsin, television station is suing a couple of pranksters in federal court.
According to news reports, Atlanta-based Gray Television, the owners of WEAU-TV Eau Claire, have filed a lawsuit against The Found Footage Festival, Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, all of New York, after the defendants allegedly used fake names and materials to fraudulently “book their appearance for a live interview on [WEAU-TV’s] flagship morning program ‘Hello Wisconsin’”.
The complaint charges that Pickett and Prueher, students at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, appeared on the program as the “fake strongman duo Chop & Steele and performed ridiculous bits and provided false information to WEAU viewers.” The two were invited on by an enthusiastic WEAU anchor who responded to an email and press release offering the appearance of Chop & Steele.
“During all of their communications with WEAU, Prueher and Pickett used false names. Neither they, nor Found Footage Festival, explained the true purpose of the duo’s visit to WEAU at any time before or after they appeared on ’Hello Wisconsin,’” the lawsuit alleges.
“I guess Gray Television didn’t have a sense of humor about this thing,” Prueher said. “If they had done … their due diligence, that I feel like is the responsibility of a news organization, they would have known this was a goof, but you know, they didn’t.”
Among other things, Gray Television is asking the court to find that Found Footage Festival has infringed on its copyright of the Nov. 29 episode of “Hello Wisconsin,” and also asks the court to order Found Footage Festival to render a full and complete accounting to Gray Television of its profits attributable to the infringement, along with compensatory and punitive damages, costs and attorneys’ fees incurred in pursuing the action and interest.
—Source: twincities.com |
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Thursday, April 20 2017 |
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A Mississippi husband/wife tennis teaching team is suing a local attorney, claiming tortious interference with their employment contracts after the popular couple was dismissed from their jobs at a Jackson, Mississippi, area country club.
In a lawsuit filing that reads like a soap opera story line (complete with allegations of unrequited hugs, pill-poppin' and nasty Facebook comments), Courtney and Todd Middleton sued attorney Tom Ostenson for damages and loss of income. The complaint accuses Ostenson of using his influence with board members to get the Middletons fired from their jobs.
—Source: kingfish1935.blogspot.com |
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Wednesday, April 05 2017 |
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A Massachusetts man has settled his lawsuit against a pair of Dunkin' Donut franchise owners after being served a bagel with a butter substitute in lieu of the bagel with butter that he ordered.
Jan Polanik sued two different companies that operate over 20 Dunkin' franchises in Massachusetts. According to news reports, Polanik was seeking class-action status in order to represent all Dunkin' customers who felt cheated upon receiving butter substitutes.
Polanik's lawyer, Thomas Shapiro, acknowledged that his client's complaint is "a minor thing," but they decided to sue "to stop the practice of representing one thing and selling a different thing."
An attorney for one franchisee confirms that the case has been settled and the stores have changed their butter-serving protocol. Details of the settlement have not been released.
—Source: bostonglobe.com
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Thursday, March 30 2017 |
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Two California residents have filed a lawsuit against the maker of a Hawaiian brewing company, claiming consumers are misled into paying more for beer they believe to have been made in the Aloha State.
Sara Cilloni and Simone Zimmer recently filed suit in U.S. District Court of California Northern District against Kona Brewing Co., the maker of popular beers such as Big Wave Golden Ale, Castaway IPA, Fire Rock Pale Ale and Longboard Island Lager. Cilloni and Zimmer say the company's use of hula dancers, surfers, the Kilauea volcano, Waikiki beach and other images associated with the Hawaiian Islands is deceptive.
Kona Brewing Co. does operate a flagship brew house in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, where it produces around 12,000 barrels of beer annually for distribution around the islands. Although nothing in the packaging indicates where the beer is actually brewed, Kona's website indicates it makes most of the beer sold in the upper 48 states in its facilities in New Hampshire, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington with hops, malt and proprietary yeast from the island state. The mineral levels of the water used are also reportedly adjusted to replicate the water used in Hawaii. The website also claims that a sample from each batch of beer is sent to the Kailua-Kona brewery for sensory evaluation.
The lawsuit is seeking class action status and unspecified damages for Kona purchasers.
—Source: boozeleague.com |
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