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Can someone confront her about the Hard Copy fiasco??? I would love to see her wiggle out of that!
Which Hard Copy fiasco? The videotape? If so, in her deluded mind she won that case. A fan mentioned it on Twitter or Facebook and she said she won. A third party (Tom Sneddon) helping to get you off the hook is hardly winning, however.
Which Hard Copy fiasco? The videotape? If so, in her deluded mind she won that case. A fan mentioned it on Twitter or Facebook and she said she won. A third party (Tom Sneddon) helping to get you off the hook is hardly winning, however.
She hid behind the Shield Law. That's it. That's hardly "winning". Once again proves she is a liar.
The irony of HER calling someone else a moron. :rofl:
As the person responsible for this section, I'll place a warning. Let's move on from facebook posts, likes and comments. They aren't relevant to this thread. If you are interested in such things and explore reasons why kindly open a new thread.
That being said let's get back to topic.
I was able to get some documents from both Robson and Safechuck cases. Here is the ruling on demurrer - which was just 10 days ago.
https://www.scribd.com/document/322935579/Safechuck-Demurrer-Ruling
Judge granted Estate's demurrer but gave Safechuck the chance to amend. Judge says Safechuck failed to claim a duty of care that the Companies had against him.
It seems that Safechuck didn't move to Wade's new legal team? I wonder if he will now.....
Thanks ivy. Why am i not surprised that the judges gives them another chance to refile.thats all that seems to happen. These lawyers supposedly arent stupid they know what is needed to be shown but dont (maybe because they just dont have the evidence) yet the judges give them numerous chances. Its like they will do anything to help keep the suites alive.
I think it was discussed before.
The judge only protects himself, that there can be no reason concerning his decision for going in an successful appeal because he did not give the plaintiff sufficient space to explain his claim.
Judge granted Estate's demurrer but gave Safechuck the chance to amend. Judge says Safechuck failed to claim a duty of care that the Companies had against him.
Yes, it is expected that he would give them a chance to amend.
In his complaint Safechuck made some lame attempts at attaching a duty of care to the companies, for example I think statements like these were attempts at that:
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I don't see why Robson satisfied this requirement.
In America employers own a duty of care for their employees even in their private lives and they have a duty to protect them from everyone?
My employer did not own any duty to protect me from anyone in my home or other people's homes, only in the workplace
or locations related to the job.
Safechuck doesn't. Pepsi hired him and I don't think MJ companies ever hired him.
I just finished Robson news as well. It's late here. I won't tweet it until morning so MJJC get the news first.
The last information we had about Robson case as follows:
- - September 21, 2015 - Judge overruled Estate’s demurer, Robson’s case proceeds to the next phase of discovery and summary judgment.
- - November 23, 2015 - Estate appeals Judge’s ruling on demurrer.
- - February 17, 2016 – Estate’s appeal has been denied.
- - March 3, 2016 – Case schedule including a tentative trial date is set.
- - July 13, 2016 – Robson changes lawyers. Manly, Stewart, Finaldi are his new lawyers.
This brings us to August 2016. Case summary has shown two things: mental evaluation of Robson and Robson’s deposition. The motions we got from the court helped us tremendously to learn what happened over the last few months.
MJ Estate Protective Order Robson Deposition: https://www.scribd.com/document/323025122/Mj-Estate-Robson-Deposition
Robson Opposition: https://www.scribd.com/document/323025246/Robson-Deposition-Opposition
After Estate’s appeal were denied, parties started to work on discovery. April 2016, there were some discovery issues about Estate’s responses to Robson’s written discovery request. That dispute was resolved amicably. At this time Estate also told Robson lawyers that they would seeking to take an independent mental examination of Robson and Safechuck.
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May 2016, Robson’s then lawyers agreed to the mental examination in principle and requested Estate to pay Robson’s travel expenses to California (This is normal under CA court rules). June 16, 2016, Estate contacted Robson lawyers to determine the date of the mental examination. Parties agreed on August 1[SUP]st[/SUP], 2016. However Estate couldn’t get a confirmation from Robson lawyers. When they called and asked Robson lawyers said there would be some developments in the case. 2 days later Robson would change his lawyers and his new lawyers would be Manly, Stewart and Finaldi.
Robson’s new lawyers immediately objected to Robson’s independent mental examination happening on August 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and they tried to renegotiate the terms of the independent mental examination. After discussions parties agreed that the mental examination will happen as previously agreed but they delayed the date of it to August 22, 2016.
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Soon after Robson’s new lawyers sent a notice that they would be deposing their own client Robson on August 24[SUP]th[/SUP], 2016. This was unexpected news for Estate as Robson lawyers never mentioned their intention before.
Then the Robson deposition has turned into a mini war. First Estate was curious as why Robson lawyers were trying to take the deposition of their own client and so soon after the mental evaluation. Robson lawyers’ initial response was that it was because Robson would be in CA for his mental evaluation and it would be a convenient time to get his deposition. Later on in their responses and in their opposition motion, they would mention how abuse victims tend to be high risk for suicide. However Robson lawyers would also state that Robson isn’t actually actively suicidal. Robson lawyers also said that they would only need one hour to depose Robson.
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Understandably Estate wasn’t happy with Robson lawyers setting the deposition date without consulting and seeking an agreement from Estate and forcing the Estate to either depose Robson at that time or not at all. Estate expressed that they wanted to depose Robson after they get the mental examination report from their expert and have time to go over it. According to the court rules, expert doctor will have a month to prepare his report. According to the media, Estate is planning to depose Robson sometime in October.
Estate responded to Robson lawyers saying if they wanted to depose Robson on August 24[SUP]th[/SUP] as a precautionary measure, it was fine. Estate lawyers would show up to the deposition and listen. However Estate wanted to preserve their right to depose Robson at a later date, after they got the mental examination report.
Robson lawyers wouldn’t agree to any of it. They wouldn’t budge on August 24[SUP]th[/SUP] date. Robson lawyers would also say a person can only be deposed once in a case and for 7 hours. They would tell Estate lawyers, they better show up on August 24[SUP]th[/SUP] and be prepared to ask questions or they would forfeit their chance to depose Robson.
This prompted Estate to file a motion to preserve their right to depose Robson and depose him more than 7 hours if needed after they completed the necessary discovery and ready to proceed with the deposition.
Estate pointed out that Robson should not allowed to delay mental examination and then force Estate to take his deposition at a time his counsel perceives it to be strategically advantageous.
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According to the case summary Estate’s request was granted. Media (THR) reported that August 24[SUP]th[/SUP] deposition didn’t happen and the deposition will be sometime in October. Apparently parties also arguing about whether to depose Robson at Hawaii or California.
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In my personal opinion this was a very obvious tactic by the Robson lawyers to force Estate to depose Robson before they can get the mental examination report. Claiming they want to preserve Robson’s testimony because he is high risk for suicide but not actually suicidal doesn’t make any sense at this time. This case has been going on for 3+ years and Estate is planning to depose Robson in 2 months. If there was a suicide risk his deposition should have been brought up long ago. Furthermore if Robson lawyers were truly worried about preserving Robson’s testimony as a precaution, they could have taken their own deposition on the August 24[SUP]th[/SUP] regardless of when Estate takes Robson deposition. When judge granted Estate’s request and Robson lawyers weren’t able to force Estate to depose Robson unprepared, Robson lawyers suddenly gave up their desire to depose Robson and decided to wait until October.
Finally some tidbits:
- - Robson lawyers want to downplay significance of Robson’s deposition, calling it a “simple deposition”.
- According to the Estate however Robson’s deposition is “critical”
- - Robson family members will be deposed late September 2016.
- During discovery Estate have recived Robson's all medical and therapy records.
- - Robson mental examination will be done by Dr. Harrison Pope of Harvard University and McLean Hospital.
- - Estate is also planning to seek a mental evaluation for Safechuck if his case survives demurrer.
- - Safechuck is still represented by Gradstein and Marzano.
- - Robson lawyers are trying to find experts in the areas of Standards of Care as well as Psychiatry / Psychology.
- - Motions for summary judgment are due November 2016.
Note about the documents: Both motions had the Robson deposition notice and email exchange between the parties as exhibits. I only scanned those once to save time.