Griever/documents/legal

Introduction

The following documents are transcribed verbatim, with a very few typos and spelling errors fixed (and probably a few added). I have left off the headers and footers, which basically just name the Plaintiffs (me and my corporation), the Defendants, and associated lawyers. In some cases, where two or more documents appeared to share large sections of text, I have actually transcribed the text only once, and essentially copied/pasted it into the other documents (using a MediaWiki feature called a Template) after a once-over proofread to make sure there were no changes from document to document.

Phase 1 (criminal)

"If you really want me to show the world what a liar and an idiot you are then by all means just say the word." -- Bubba, final email to Nick, 2003-11-28

At Lynne's request, I had allowed her to use my car in exchange for $100/week rent (her suggested figure). When I tried to get it back, I was first met with repeated stalling and finally a flat claim that they were keeping it in exchange for debts I supposedly owed her and Bubba. This would seem to be a classic case of conversion, which is illegal. More details in SvsG:Benz Rental.

• 2003-11-25 Police Report
• 2003-12-18 Subpoena
• 2004-01-08 Magistrate Court Order the First
• 2004-02-09 Magistrate Court Order the Second
• 2004-03-16 Magistrate Court Order the Third

Phase 2 (civil)

• Documents Available for Inspection Online
• Documents Received by Plaintiffs

Filed 2005-01-25

• Letter of Complaint (7 pages)
• First Requests (see wikipedia:Discovery (law) for background on the legal process):
  • Plaintiffs' First Requests to RDA
  • Plaintiffs' First Document Requests to Bubba
  • Plaintiffs' First Fact Requests to Bubba
  • Plaintiffs' First Document Requests to Lynne
  • Plaintiffs' First Fact Requests to Lynne

Filed 2005-03-03

• Answer and Counterclaim (from RDA) (8 pages)
• Defendant Willard Dale Griever's Answers to Plaintiff's Request for Admissions (3 pages)
• Defendant Norma Lynne Griever's Answers to Plaintiff's Request for Admissions (3 pages)

Defendants apparently also asked for an extension, which Plaintiffs were legally required to grant. I do not have the paperwork for this.

Filed 2005-03-23

• 2005-03-23 Bubba & Lynne Respond to Interrogatories
• 2005-03-23 RDA Responds to Document Requests

Filed 2005-04-13

• Defendants' Admission of Facts to Plaintiffs (7 pages)
• Defendants' First Interrogatories to Plaintiffs (7 pages)
• Defendants' First Request for Production of Documents and Notice to Produce at Trial (6 pages)

Filed/Sent 2005-05-09

• Filed: Plaintiffs' Responses to Defendants' Request for Admission of Facts
• Sent: 2005-05-09 Mail to Defense Lawyer

2005-09

• 2005-09-15 Letter from Call to Allen
• 2005-09-19 Court Order
• 2005-09-28 Letter from Call to Allen
• 2005-09-28 Plaintiffs Respond to Interrogatories
• 2005-09-28 Plaintiffs Respond to Document Requests

2005-12

• 2005-12-16: mediated for 2 hours in Athens, with mediator Joe Neighbors; present were Lynne, Nick, and their respective lawyers. It was agreed that Nick would produce an accounting of sales such that the Defendants' claimed share could be calculated; in return, Defendants would produce a list of stock items still in their possession. Mediation to resume at a date in January to be arrived at. (As of this writing, I do not have a copy of that agreement or of the mediation agreement specifying the terms of confidentiality.)

Nick notes: I attempted to return some personal items to Lynne (45 RPM record recorded by Lynne in the late 1970s and some CDs of Bubba's), and made sure the mediator was aware that I wanted to give them to Lynne, but for some reason the mediator forgot about them when he was done talking with Ms. Call and me. I had put them away in my box in case we needed to change rooms, and then forgot about them as well. Since then, I have added to the cache an expired driver's license of Lynne's which I found in the Benz.

2008

• 2008-09-19 Finally, The judgement: I won on the key points, and the defendants didn't get much except ownership of the merchandise for which they never paid me.
• 2008-10-17 The defendants filed an appeal. Don't know what happens next, except that it probably involves wearing a suit.

2010

It probably would have involved wearing a suit if the plaintiffs had either paid for the transcription or bothered to file an affadavit of indigence. Since they didn't...

• 2010-01-08 Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal