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John Doe et al. v. Jason Ewert et al. -- Litigation Forthcoming

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I'd be interested in donating cash to prosecute whoever

committed the fraud. On the other hand, Steve and the rest

of the CGC team have my full support and I will not help

fund any legal action against them. Likewise, I distance

myself from the unsubstantiated rumors about Chris Friesen

that members of the legal team have been posting on the boards.

 

Specifically, I'll donate $500 if/when the case goes to

court and pledge an additional $500 if it is lost. Not much

compared to what other people are putting in, but I want to

do my part in the hope that such swift and uncompromising

responses by a united community will have a preventive effect.

Personally, I do not collect SA and am thus not directly

affected by the scandal. I recognize, however, that it could

just as well have happened to the books that I love and want

to pitch in.

 

More generally, this is only one of several initiatives that

I think will be necessary to prevent a repeat of the "Ewert"

scandal. An expanded version of arty's pedigree database and

detective work by individuals would also be required. An

initiative I have not seen discussed would be an annual award

for outstanding contributions towards fighting fraud in comics

collecting. If there were to be general interest in such a

"Nobel" prize I'd happily make a healthy donation to help kick

it off. It would have to be conducted professionally, though (a

committee accepting and evaluating nominations, for example).

 

PS: While I would not buy books from Jason Ewert as things

stand, I distance myself from any kind of public lynching.

It would be a real tragedy if the man proves to be innocent

in the end.

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We will not be suing CGC in the lawsuit. I consider Steve Borock, Paul Litch, and Shawn Caffery to be personal friends. I can assure you and everyone else that this is not about trying to hurt CGC -- it is about getting to the bottom of what Jason did and finding out who helped him. Unless CGC was knowingly helping Jason hide trimmed books in blue label slabs (and I have seen no evidence and have no reason to believe that they did or would do this), I will neither file nor participate in any lawsuit that names CGC as a defendant.

 

We will be issuing deposition subpoenas to CGC and others to obtain documents and testimony relevant to VIA's/Jason's CGC submissions. That is it.

 

Thanks for the support, hkp. thumbsup2.gif

 

I'd be interested in donating cash to prosecute whoever

committed the fraud. On the other hand, Steve and the rest

of the CGC team have my full support and I will not help

fund any legal action against them. Likewise, I distance

myself from the unsubstantiated rumors about Chris Friesen

that members of the legal team have been posting on the boards.

 

Specifically, I'll donate $500 if/when the case goes to

court and pledge an additional $500 if it is lost. Not much

compared to what other people are putting in, but I want to

do my part in the hope that such swift and uncompromising

responses by a united community will have a preventive effect.

Personally, I do not collect SA and am thus not directly

affected by the scandal. I recognize, however, that it could

just as well have happened to the books that I love and want

to pitch in.

 

More generally, this is only one of several initiatives that

I think will be necessary to prevent a repeat of the "Ewert"

scandal. An expanded version of arty's pedigree database and

detective work by individuals would also be required. An

initiative I have not seen discussed would be an annual award

for outstanding contributions towards fighting fraud in comics

collecting. If there were to be general interest in such a

"Nobel" prize I'd happily make a healthy donation to help kick

it off. It would have to be conducted professionally, though (a

committee accepting and evaluating nominations, for example).

 

PS: While I would not buy books from Jason Ewert as things

stand, I distance myself from any kind of public lynching.

It would be a real tragedy if the man proves to be innocent

in the end.

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Thanks for the clarification. My first check will be in the mail as

soon as you file the paperwork. I am not familiar with the procedure

so just PM me where to send it at the proper time.

 

hkp (who would prefer to remain as anonymous as possible).

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esquirecomics

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For anyone who is still willing to donate funds of any amount to help defer legal expenses associated with the case, I have created a new paypal account for this purpose. Several of you, particularly those who are overseas, had stated this would be easier for you.

 

You can now send funds via paypal to ComicBookEsquire@aol.com.

 

If you do send a paypal donation, please send me an e-mail or PM separately so that I know exactly who sent the money.

 

You can also send funds the old fashioned way to me via check at:

 

Mark S. Zaid, Esq.

Krieger & Zaid, PLLC

1920 N Street, N.W.

Suite 300

Washington D.C. 20036

 

All donations are maintained in my attorney escrow account until needed. Should we recover costs as part of the litigation we may be able to reimburse any donations.

 

We appreciate the generosity that some of you have already shown. Every little bit helps! thumbsup2.gif

 

More information to follow when available.

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We will not be suing CGC in the lawsuit. I consider Steve Borock, Paul Litch, and Shawn Caffery to be personal friends. I can assure you and everyone else that this is not about trying to hurt CGC -- it is about getting to the bottom of what Jason did and finding out who helped him. Unless CGC was knowingly helping Jason hide trimmed books in blue label slabs (and I have seen no evidence and have no reason to believe that they did or would do this), I will neither file nor participate in any lawsuit that names CGC as a defendant.

 

I am wondering what happens if you find out any of the following.

 

1. CGC knew exactly what he was doing.

2. CGC knew from others what he was doing.

 

Then you drop the case all together?

 

I am just wondering, I might be reading it wrong.

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We will not be suing CGC in the lawsuit. I consider Steve Borock, Paul Litch, and Shawn Caffery to be personal friends. I can assure you and everyone else that this is not about trying to hurt CGC -- it is about getting to the bottom of what Jason did and finding out who helped him. Unless CGC was knowingly helping Jason hide trimmed books in blue label slabs (and I have seen no evidence and have no reason to believe that they did or would do this), I will neither file nor participate in any lawsuit that names CGC as a defendant.

 

I am wondering what happens if you find out any of the following.

 

1. CGC knew exactly what he was doing.

2. CGC knew from others what he was doing.

 

Then you drop the case all together?

 

I am just wondering, I might be reading it wrong.

You're reading it wrong. gossip.gif

 

Mark said: "Unless CGC was knowingly helping Jason hide trimmed books in blue label slabs (and I have seen no evidence and have no reason to believe that they did or would do this), I will neither file nor participate in any lawsuit that names CGC as a defendant."

 

See if it's easier to understand if the clauses in the sentence are reversed: "I will neither file nor participate in any lawsuit that names CGC as a defendant ... unless CGC was knowingly helping Jason hide trimmed books in blue label slabs." He's not saying he necessarily will file suit in that circumstance, but he's not foreclosing the possibility. As Mark said, hopefully it won't come to that.

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For anyone who is still willing to donate funds of any amount to help defer legal expenses associated with the case, I have created a new paypal account for this purpose. Several of you, particularly those who are overseas, had stated this would be easier for you.

 

You can now send funds via paypal to ComicBookEsquire@aol.com.

 

If you do send a paypal donation, please send me an e-mail or PM separately so that I know exactly who sent the money.

 

You can also send funds the old fashioned way to me via check at:

 

Mark S. Zaid, Esq.

Krieger & Zaid, PLLC

1920 N Street, N.W.

Suite 300

Washington D.C. 20036

 

All donations are maintained in my attorney escrow account until needed. Should we recover costs as part of the litigation we may be able to reimburse any donations.

 

We appreciate the generosity that some of you have already shown. Every little bit helps! thumbsup2.gif

 

More information to follow when available.

 

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I am going to say this once and I don't give a damn what anyone has to say in response as someone who has litigated in court many times, I don't care how many lawyers you have, or how much political pull you have no case it is all anger and no substantance. This entire thing is about everyone feeling like they have been taken no federal laws have been broken, and I doubt there is a real single state statute that can found.

 

The only way to prove something was done against the law was to prove fraudulent enterprise by Heritage/CGC/Ewert employees and since the lawyer in this case says he is friend with the CGC personal and will not go after them your entire case is mute and a waste of both time and funds.

 

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Thank you for your input. Had a little trouble reading it since it was "stream of consciousness" but I get the jist.

 

That said, I doubt it will change anyone's mind or the course of action(yours included), but thanks for sharing your thoughts. Everyone seems very set in what is going to happen. The board is set.

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Even if mstry is 100% correct in his "stream" as you kindly labeled it.

I still wanna see Ewert drug through town and at least make life a little bit difficult for him in the coming months.

 

Besides... I dont think the lawyer fellas here would proceed if they felt they were just wasting everyones time.

 

Ze-

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