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

So is Chupp really going to get Vic's case for not remembering he was in court 20 something years ago? As a guy who looks at some of this as people saying mean things to each on the internet, I would be shocked if he doesn't deduct some of these fees
It is utterly irrelevant to the actual question asked. It wasn't "Have you ever been in court" it was "Have you been in court for reasons related to this case".
 
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That's a lawtwitter argument. Is there ever a situation where it would be relevant? I'm genuinely curious. Or is it simply to establish a pattern of frivolous lawsuits?
 
That's a lawtwitter argument. Is there ever a situation where it would be relevant? I'm genuinely curious. Or is it simply to establish a pattern of frivolous lawsuits?
IANAL but from my perspective this should be entirely irrelevant unless you are somebody trying to shittalk Vic with every little thing. From what we saw he likely was barely involved in that case 20 years ago as in he seemingly went to that lawyer told him what's up, got told he should settle soon after, agreed and it basically never really came to a head anywhere. So for the purposes of "Does this set a precedent" this is a clear "No"
 
That's a lawtwitter argument. Is there ever a situation where it would be relevant? I'm genuinely curious. Or is it simply to establish a pattern of frivolous lawsuits?
It's... not even to establish a pattern of that. The point is not "He was in a prior lawsuit, therefore he has a history of frivolous lawsuits" its "He was asked if he had been in court for a related issue tot he case, and he was in a case yeeears ago for something completely unrelated, therefore he lied". Its utter madness, and utterly unconnected from reality.
 
That's a lawtwitter argument. Is there ever a situation where it would be relevant? I'm genuinely curious. Or is it simply to establish a pattern of frivolous lawsuits?

It's a pretty generic question. I wouldn't be surprised if they just ask it in every deposition. Lemonhead had a bunch of categories of questions but instead of starting out with the usual foundational questions, he'd ask a couple from one category and then jump wildly around trying to throw off Vic. It makes him just look like a sleazy asshole in context but of course the point is to get your cheap gotcha moments.
 
Even here, though there's evidence of TI-PBR, assuming the Slatosch declaration is allowed. He explicitly said MoRon urged him not to engage with Vic in the future on account of the alleged criminal charges.
It's in the texts too, Soye says that Monica and her agent are contacting other conventions in order for them to drop Vic. He also claimed knowledge of multiple other cons that had already dropped Vic and could make a list on ~22nd Jan before conventions had announced anything.
 
So is Chupp really going to get Vic's case for not remembering he was in court 20 something years ago? As a guy who looks at some of this as people saying mean things to each on the internet, I would be shocked if he doesn't deduct some of these fees

Chupp wouldn't even know about it unless he was following Law Twitter. This was never brought up in court or in any filings.
 
Chupp wouldn't even know about it unless he was following Law Twitter. This was never brought up in court or in any filings.

Even LemonAIDS didn't consider it worth mentioning. If he does mention it it will be because he is playing more to LawTwitter at this point than his own clients' interests.
 
negrate poll:

When Chupp delivers his ruling, how do you think it will go?

Dumb for him Chuppin' up Vic badly
Mad at the Internet for Lemon Fuher getting his shit pushed in via legal doc

EDIT: Think of it as like a scale from 1-10, I cant predict how Chupp will rule in detail
 
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negrate poll:

When Chupp delivers his ruling, how do you think it will go?

Dumb for him Chuppin' up Vic badly
Mad at the Internet for Lemon Fuher getting his shit pushed in via legal doc

Realistically, Chupp would try to act consistently to his ruling and thus i see it playing out like this.

Marchi gets all her fees.

Funimation gets the same amount marchi gets.

Moron only get the fees associated with filing the TCPA. They played stupid games and dragged out the case with the deposition, so thats on them to pay.

Sactions will be minimal, mostly for the improper filing.
 
From most likely to least likely:

Chupp grants fees with a modest reduction. Moderate sanctions.

Chupp rubberstamps the massive fees and sanctions.

Chupp grants fees at massive reductions (at around Sam's fees) and no sanctions.

Chupp gives the defendants nothing.

Chupp loses his mind and reverses himself sua sponte.
 
I'll bet 500 reaction points that Marchi gets 100% of fees, everyone else gets ~25% reduction in what they asked for, and sanctions come in around $25k-50k. No sanctions to Ty himself for boomering.

(I don't know if each defendant is supposed to get sanctions awarded under TCPA, or if it's 1 sanction applied to the plaintiff as deterrent. I'm assuming it's 1 sanction total, if not then that number gets multiplied.)
 
My best guess, reduced fees, but sanctions that, when added to the fees, equal the fees total. Maybe a bit more than that for good measure.
 
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