Victor Mignogna v. Funimation Productions, LLC, et al. (2019) - Vic's lawsuit against Funimation, VAs, and others, for over a million dollars.

[LawTwitter is Dumb]

Because their exposure is different. Funi was sued over one statement. Ron and Monica were sued over multiple statements so that's going to increase the amount of effort required because they need to research each statement, evaluate facts, etc.

Half the shit Lemwahnys done is just to up costs, he made himself do more "work" just to up the bill frivolously.

 

[DinkyCowSow]

I am very unshocked that his fees are the lowest, but in no reasonable reality are they 5x lower than Ronicas.

It stands to some sort of sanity that Monica & Ron's fees are probably not five times higher than Jamies were it not for the motion practice of a certain lung-locked lawyer

I think that just goes to testify how remarkably weak the case against Marchi was. Dallas attorneys cost about 300 per hour on average from what I can quickly search for. But average cases aren't seeking 1-5 million in damages. Yet she went with an attorney who charges around average fees (they apparently agreed to 250 if the case drags on for more than 6 months, and 350 if it was dismissed before then). Seeing a multi million dollar suit, Funimation and Toye/Rial went for more expensive lawyers. Seeing as the case focused more on the two of them, it's also entirely unremarkable that they had many more billable hours.

Full on autism mode: a quick search for Marchi shows the term appears 24 times in the plaintiff's response to TCPA filing. Rial shows up 82 times (Toye additionally shows up 26 times, but several of them are essentially "Rial and Toye"). Limiting ourselves to just Vic's affidavit gives us 3 mentions of Marchi but 18 mentions of Rial. If you accept that Marchi's total costs were reasonable for the amount of work done, then it's reasonable a person who hired a more expensive lawyer to deal with a more complicated case where your client was mentioned 4-6 times more often might have had 5 times the fees.

 

[secondclass]

It looks like it could cost Vic $142,500 in opposing counsel's fees alone if Vic appeals and loses. ($50k to Funi, $55k to Toye/Rial, and $37.5k to the always economical Marchi). More if he goes to the Texas Supreme Court.

Talk about raising the stakes on the appeal.

 

[DragoonSierra]

This is very likely. It's been very clear that Vic didn't want this to balloon into what it became, and the "hiding" of the affidavits could very well have been a case of "well we have these, but lets not get Chuck or Chris any more involved than we have to". When they found out that Chupp may be difficult, they had to pull them out of their back pocket.

Nick said on Twitch that the reason the filings were late was taht they just didnt have them until the last minute. Not everyone submitting an affidavit is at a lawyers beck and call 24/7. People are busy and in this case they are afraid of going against the mob. I bet getting Chucks affidavit was like pulling teeth if his backtracking is any indication.

 

[theworstkindofeurofag]

We probably don't even have to talk about the sanctions. Chupp will most likely grant them all, because he's that exceptional. All that matters now is if the appeals will go through.

I hope they will.

 

[Soviras]

Lemon replied to the objections to the deposition of Slatosch... I'm hitting my head on the wall just because of the first page... No, Lemon, if it's irrelevant then Ty shouldn't just ignore it when you harass a witness and force costs on them.

 

[Harvey Danger]

How the hell did 2 normal(?) people spend more an a lawsuit than the multi-million dollar company.

Exceptional superlolyers for exceptional defendants produce exceptional bills.

 

[Garm]

Actually, Chupp is basically an extreme example of WHY you do it. Different judges have a different tolerance for what counts as reasonable evidence for an evidentiary burden. Chupp, for reasons that defy logic, wanted the next level of evidence than what was needed. Had Beard aimed for it, as caution dictates he should have, he MIGHT have succeeded.

Mind, that still means Chupps a fucking idiot.

As an addendum: Frankly, Beard's actions are... baffling to me. There was no reason to not throw everything they had at the TCPA. If they built it up with everything they very clearly had or should have had, they probably could have beaten an actual summary judgement let alone the TCPA. Perhaps there is a reason to withold evidence, in which case @AnOminous , please fill me in on it.

Addendum two: Lets run through this.

1: Throw in the affidavits first, lock that shit down.
2: Get numbers for the early damages, make note of damages unable to be found out without discovery. CLEARLY delineate the two, put the onus on the defendants.
3: Attempt to preserve and gather evidence, discovery may be stayed but that only means you can't compel people. You can still ask politely. Find discords, mentions of phone calls, find evidence you can clearly point to for at LEAST a reasonable glance and that the judge can take a glance at and go "Yah, that's suspicious". Do this for everything, not just select things.
4: Any and all communications the Plaintiff received, declaring broken contracts, people pulling out, etc, put that IN.
5: Structure the damn thing better. Don't be fancy with the language, be blunt. Once your message is 100% clear, then make it sound nicer.
6: index every single piece of this, this is why you do 5, now you have a clear roadmap that you can look at the table of contents of and get a picture of it.

I get the feeling that anything Ty did wouldn't satisfy Chupp.

Ty gets estimates from 3 different accounting firms? Chupp would want 5.

2 forms of TI. Why not 4?

Chupp would do Olympic level gymnastics to avoid saying yes.

At least that is what I think.

 

[Lord Xenu]

Let me get this straight: they bitch about Vic sharing photos with Nick Rekieta in Hawaii and Anime Matsuri, but they had no issue with sharing their photos and having their stories covered by Dallas Morning News and letting J. Sean Phlegmoine do an interview with Derek Petulant from Dao of Dragon Ball? Do these people genuinely think we’re that dumb and forgetful?

Ha! No, they don't care about us. They think Chupp is that dumb and forgetful disinterested and uninformed. They're literally banking on it.

 

[Iron Hamster]

Gotta say, never would have thought this case could have turned into a sandbox fight.

 

[Null]

I have never seen a court document use a screenshot in the stead of legal argument before. I've heard of some court documents using them inline to supplement an argument, and I've even heard of some court documents using poems during their initial filings, but never this.

 

[Markorian]

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How dare Vic not stop this man he has no control over

This is the dumbest shit Lemoine has done, he huffs his farts way too hard

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"Guys I incurred EXACTLY the go-fund-me

Good god

As a wise masked man once said: "of courshe!"

 

[Nontransferable]

I have never seen a court document use a screenshot in the stead of legal argument before. I've heard of some court documents using them inline to supplement an argument, and I've even heard of some court documents using poems during their initial filings, but never this.

This was the first page of Monica Rial's and Ron Toye's TCPA motion.

 

[Much Ado About Nothing]

I know I shouldn't be entertained by this but, it is rather clear that Sam Johnson and Lemoine somehow worked together on this. Or I should probably say: marchi and MoRonica.
With starting pages like these....

Guess who made which:
One is 77 pages long, the other one 281 pages long.

Eeyh @mindlessobserver made it into the law-papers again

Aw so kind of them to include Vic's Doxx to show them how we were bad and doxed the defendants....and beards army

I am now at page 80 and 95% of this is Nick Rekieta is Vic's lawyer cause they know each other and because Ty handled his relatives will!! (they have thrown in a will, where the guy is buried, a couple of obituaries, what good cause some money went to....)

Page 81-93 are kiwi farm pages, congrats to the people who made it!

Spoiler: Your commentary and posts made the lolsuit!

 

[CheezzyMach]

Hoes mad and broke.

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So all these companies and cons, who "knew for decades" about the "open secret" of Vic's evil hugging, and who totally back up the "victims" whose stories changed 10 minutes before they signed an affidavit... why would they suddenly not want to hire Jamie Marchi just because some D-list celebrity filed a frivolous lawsuit while being #StillFired?

This is rich since Marchi and Rial were the ones who inserted themselves in this trashfire instead of just shutting up like anyone with two brain cells would have.

Doubly so since they spent months antagonizing Vic fans for not blindly believing. And now miss tough girl is crying over her scorched career and damaged reputation.

No sympathy from me.

 

[AnOminous]

Well this is interesting. Shoe is on the other foot there eeh?

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Must really suck when that happens. I'm so filled with sympathy right now, honest.

I have never seen a court document use a screenshot in the stead of legal argument before. I've heard of some court documents using them inline to supplement an argument, and I've even heard of some court documents using poems during their initial filings, but never this.

It's unprofessional, clownish, and should be discouraged. It is an attempt to use material not in evidence or cited as an exhibit, and not subject to rules of admissibility, in order to improperly influence the trier of fact. If it's an exhibit put it in the exhibits and fucking cite to it.

This bullshit is Clown Court.

 

[Francis York Morgan]

I have never seen a court document use a screenshot in the stead of legal argument before. I've heard of some court documents using them inline to supplement an argument, and I've even heard of some court documents using poems during their initial filings, but never this.

And to think that I used to believe Maddox would forever be the gold standard for lolsuits.

 

[meinhausinneuberlin]

This entire thing was preventable but nick and ty counted their chickens before they hatched and they ended up with a disaster. Although im going to enjoy the sperging this will create. I wonder what our boy Nick will say in response to this. DAMNIT NICK WE LOST THE CASE AGAIN, but unironically.

 

[AnOminous]

This entire thing was preventable but nick and ty counted their chickens before they hatched and they ended up with a disaster. Although im going to enjoy the sperging this will create. I wonder what our boy Nick will say in response to this. DAMNIT NICK WE LOST THE CASE AGAIN, but unironically.

Not a good look, but unironically.

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

I have never seen a court document use a screenshot in the stead of legal argument before. I've heard of some court documents using them inline to supplement an argument, and I've even heard of some court documents using poems during their initial filings, but never this.

I've never been part of a hate group before. This is exciting.

So... um... do I have to hate anything specific or am I allowed just a general hatred of what I want?

Is there a set number of things I have to hate a day, or is it a 'do it as you want' sort of thing?