Jo, even frivolous lawsuits cost the defendant time and money. They will have to get an attorney to defend themselves. Now, I am not surprised that they struck back at Rod by firing Judy. I'm only surprised that he didn't anticipate it.
Why would a pet owner get so upset about a dog club? I can understand a breeder suing, as the clubs actions could affect their breeding program, but not a pet owner. It is almost like the anti-AKC ideology has become a religion. All the best, Susan Cochran ----- Original Message ----- From: "bjcav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] My Understanding of Rod's Lawsuit > > This is my understanding of Mr. Russell's lawsuit. Mr. Russell sent two > > different versions of a letter to approx 250 CKCSC, USA members, including > > Board members, accusing the BOD of breaking promises to the membership and > > said the BOD was about to hold a secret meeting in order to push the AKC > > issue through without a membership vote. The BOD, not having access to > Mr. > > Russell's mailing list, thus not knowing who had and hadn't received his > > letter, sent a letter to each member of the Club, in response. Mr. > Russell > > stated his intent to sue and offered an "out" to those Board Members who > felt > > they had signed the Board's response letter under duress. Hence, Kathy > > Conrad, who, I believe helped draft the Board's response letter, is exempt > > from the suit. Mr. Russell is suing each of the remaining 12 members > > individually for each letter sent by the BOD to the membership to the tune > of > > $15,000 per letter. As there are over 2000 members of the CKCSC, USA, I > > will use that figure as a "low-ball" number and for ease of mathmatics. > > > > 2000 letters X 15,000 = $30 Million per Board member > > $30 Million X 12 Board members = $3 Billion 600 million dollars > > > > and that's with the number of letters sent out lowballed. > > > > 12 volunteers of the CKCSC, USA, all good and decent people, who are > involved > > in this Club for no other reason than a sincere love of and commitment to > > Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, are being sued for millions of dollars > each > > beacause they dared to respond to a letter you sent. And all for the good > of > > the Club and the Cavaliers. What points, other than lowballing the number > of > > letters did I get wrong Mr. Russell?? > > > > Gerri Dueringer > > Humm, I didn't receive either letter. And my dues have been paid each > year..late sometimes but paid. > > Isn't that what my husband calls a frivolous lawsuit? > Why is Rod so quiet now? > Jo Ann > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
