Manny Pacquiao’s Foundation Dismissed as Co-defendant from $10-million Lawsuit |
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Tuesday, 04 January 2011 11:56 | |||
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© Journal Group Link International) Manny Pacquiao’s Foundation Dismissed as Co-defendant from $10-million Lawsuit in the L. A. Superior Court A press statement from Attorney Rafael Bernardino, Jr., of the Los Angeles, California law firm of Hobson Dungog + Davis, LLP, sent to this reporter, said that the lawyer of complainant, A check with the court records showed that last Dec. 14, 2010, a “partial dismissal without prejudice” against Emmanuel Pacquiao Foundation was filed by the lawyer of the “plaintiff/petitioner.” Phone and email messages left and sent by this reporter to the lawyer of The O ther members of the RBM Group said when “defendant Pacquiao breached the agreement” after encashing the second of two Citibank checks on or about Oct. 13, 2009, and “refused and continue to refuse to honor said agreement,” they decided to file a four-count breach of contract, common counts for fraud, injunctive relief, and punitive and exemplary damages. Attorney Marsha-laine F. Dungog, founding partner of the Hobson Dungog + Davis LLP, told this reporter her law office is" filing a demurrer, which will be heard on A demurrer is a claim by the defendant that even if the allegations in a complaint are true, they are not sufficient to impose any liability on the defendant. Atty. Dungog, the According to the complainants, because of the breach of contract by defendants, they are entitled to attorneys’ fees; they lost $27,000 in ad placement for LA Pinoy Magazine for the issue of Oct. 2009; they were unable to advertise, promote, commercialize, sign or encourage other persons or properties using resources committed to Defendant, they suffered damages in the proximate amount of $100,000, including lost profits related to the Agreement in an amount over $10-million. They are also entitled to $200,000, "which is the reasonable value that is due and unpaid despite plaintiff’s demand plus prejudgment interest at the rate" of ten percent per year. # # # Editor’s Note: To contact the author, please e-mail him at: (lariosa_jos@sbcglobal.net)
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