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Date: 10-19-2010
Case Style: Marty Lynn Ponder v. J. Brotton Corporation d/b/a Caravan Ballroom a/k/a Caravan Cattle Company
Case Number: CJ-2008-1316
Judge: Jefferson D. Seller
Court: District Court, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Plaintiff's Attorney: Kort Besore, Harris, McMahan, Peters, Thompson & Stall P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma and Mike Jones, Bristow, Bristow, Oklahoma
Defendant's Attorney: Jim Weger and Adam Strange, Jones, Gotcher & Bogan, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Description: Marty Lynn Ponder sued J. Brotton Corporation d/b/a Caravan Ballroom a/k/a Caravan Cattle Company on civil assault and battery and malicious prosecution theories arising out of a disagreement between Plaintiff and a bouncer at Defendant country music dance hall in Tulsa.
Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $1 in actual damages and $50,000 in punitive damages.
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Comments: David Meese submitted the following comments concerning this case: In your presentation of my case against Jack Brotton and the Carravan Ballroom, you have stated a few misrepresentations that need to be cleared up. First, you state that I, David Meese, stated " F**k you, Im not leaving" This is not true, as the transcript from the trial, nobody states that I said that, including the bouncer who confronted me. Second, the Caravan Ballroom has no less that 72 cameras in their place of business. Unfortunately, for me, all of the cameras that night that had an angle on just what went on were not working. Really?! The incident happened on a Saturday night, the following Monday morning, the hard drive in the dvr was replaced and the original was destroyed. Things that make you go humm. Third, The Caravan Ballroom has been sued before for similar incidents and lost. Also, Jack Brotton has been sued several times for his scrupulous business practices. None of the "previous bad acts" or the video evidence was allowed in the trial. If they had, I believe I would have received a substantially larger award. Thank You for correcting the facts David Meese