Kara Blanc v. Tri Crown Lawsuit
STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON (State Bar No. 36189)
STEPHEN ALLEN JAMIESON (State Bar No. 115805)
R. BRUCE EVANS (State Bar No. 217098)
SOLOMON, SALTSMAN & JAMIESON
Attorneys for Plaintiff
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
KARA BLANC.
Plaintiff.
Vs.
TRI-CROWN PRODUCTIONS, INC.
YEA STUDIOS; SCI-FI CHANNEL
CREATORS SCOTT HALLOCK; KEVIN
HEALEY; MATHEW MERTHA; TRAVIS
DRAFT; HALLOCK HEALEY
ENTERTAINMENT; TRI-CROWN
CREATIVE GROUP; TRI-CROWN
COMPANIES: and DOES 1through 50.
Inclusive.
Defendants
Case No. BC290440
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS; INVASION OF
PRIVACY; VIOLATION OF CIVIL CODE ß1708.0; VIOLATION OF PENAL CODE ß632.2;
ASSAULT; FALSE IMPRISONMENT; FRAUDULENT
MISREPRESENTATION;
FRAUDULENT CONCEALMENT AND UNFAIR BUSINESS
PRACTICES
COMMON ALLEGATIONS
1. At all times herein mentioned, Plaintiff KARA BLANC was over the age of 18
and competent to bring this action and testify; and all times was residing in
Los Angeles County, California.
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES
2. At all times herein mentioned, Defendant Tri-Crown Productions, Inc. was a
California corporation located at 2157 Talmadge Avenue in Los Angeles,
California, which was in the business of television production, and which was
one producer, owner, financier and developer of a television show known as “Scare
Tactics”, which will be aired on Defendant Sci-Fi Channel commencing 2003.
3. At all times herein mentioned, Defendant Yeah Studios was a business
organization owned or operated by Defendant Tri-Crown Productions, Inc., located
at 2157 Talmadge Avenue in Los Angeles, California, which was in the business of
television production, and which was one producer, owner, financier and
developer of a television show known as “Scare Tactics”, which will be aired
on Defendant Sci-Fi Channel commencing in 2003.
4. At all times herein mentioned, Defendant Sci-Fi Channel was a California
corporation with its principal place of business in Los Angeles, California,
which was one producer, owner, financier and developer of a television show
known as “Scare Tactics”, which will be aired on Defendant Sci-Fi Channel
commencing in 2003.
5. At all times herein mentioned, Scott Hallock was a creator, writer,
producer and director of that television program known as “Scare Tactics”.
6. At all times herein mentioned, Kevin Healey was acreator, writer, producer
and director of that television program known as “Scare Tactics”.
7. At all times herein mentioned, Matthew Mertha was an employee and agent of
the other Defendants, and was an actor on the episode of “Scare Tactics” in
which Plaintiff was a nonconsenting and unwitting victim.
8. At all times herein mentioned, Defendant Travis Draft was an employee and
agent of the other Defendants, and was an actor on the episode of “Scare
Tactics” in which Plaintiff was a nonconsenting and unwitting victim.
9. Plaintiff is ignorant of the true names and capacities of Defendants sued
herein as Does 1 through 50, and therefore sues these Defendants by such
fictitious names. Plaintiff will amend this Complaint to allege their true names
and capacities when ascertained. Plaintiff is informed and believes that each of
the fictitiously named Defendants is responsible in some manner for the
occurrences alleged herein, and that Plaintiff’s damages were proximately and
legally caused by their conduct.
10. Plaintiff is informed and believes that at all times herein mentioned,
Defendants, and each of them, were the agents (ostensible and actual) and
employees of the other named Defendants, and in doing the things herein alleged,
were acting within the course and scope of such agency and employment and with
the permission, consent, authorization and ratification of each of the other
Co-Defendants. Additionally, each of the Defendants who made representations
herein was making those representations in the course and scope of their
employment and agency with and on behalf of each of the other Defendants.
Furthermore, all reference to “Defendants” or any named Defendant is also
considered throughout this pleading to be a reference to DOES 1-50 as well.
11. At all times herein mentioned, Defendants, and each of them, intended to
subject Plaintiff, without her knowledge or consent, to a hidden camera episode
of “Scare Tactics” which was designed to make her believe that she and her
friends were about to become victims of a homicide, and that the Defendants
further intended to and did in fact create an audio and visual record, videotape
and/or film of Plaintiff’s terrified reaction to this scenario in order to
financially profit. Furthermore, Defendants recorded and filmed numerous other
victims of “Scare Tactics” under similar or identical circumstances, all of
which constituted an unfair, illegal and fraudulent business practice.
12. On March 1 , 2002, in Los Angeles County, California, Defendants and each
of them subjected Plaintiff to a filming of the show “Scare Tactics”, during
which Defendants Mertha and Draft feigned that they were being seriously
physically injured and/or killed, and that Plaintiff was at immediate risk of
being injured or killed, all in an effort to terrorize Plaintiff so that
Defendants could capture her reactions on audio and film without her knowledge
or consent. Defendants Mertha and Draft made the following representations of
material fact to Plaintiff:
(a) That on the evening of March 1 , 2002, Plaintiff was invited and was
being taken to an exclusive Hollywood industry party at a desert resort located
in Los Angeles County, California;
(b) That the automobile in which Defendant Mertha, Defendant Draft and
Plaintiff were riding had “stalled” on a remote desert road in Los Angeles
County, California;
(c) That a costumed “Alien” was in fact attacking and physically injuring
Defendants Mertha and Draft, and that Plaintiff’s life and that of said
Defendants were in grave danger; and
(d) That Plaintiff could only escape serious injury or death by running for
her life through a dark, desert canyon area, and to then later return to the
automobile in hopes of escape.
These representations of said Defendants were in fact false. The truth was
that: Plaintiff had not been invited to and exclusive Hollywood industry party;
that the automobile in which Plaintiff was riding had not “stalled”; that
Plaintiff and Defendants Mertha and Draft were not probable victims of a
homicide at the hands of the “Alien”, but rather Defendants Mertha, Draft
and the “Alien” were merely actors in a surreptitious episode of “Scare
Tactics”; and that Plaintiff had no need to escape as she was informed she
should by Defendants Mertha and Draft. Defendants intended to cause plaintiff to
believe that defendants were attempting to murder, kidnap, or otherwise
terrorize plaintiff and her “friends”, and cause her and her “friends”
physical and emotional damage and harm; and plaintiff did in fact, believe that
was happening. As a result of defendants intentional and negligent actions and
omissions, plaintiff suffered severe physical and emotional injuries and
damages. She was hospitalized several times and has incurred medical costs, lost
earnings and earning capacity.
13. Defendants, and each of them, knew or should have known that Plaintiff
would be seriously frightened, emotionally disturbed, fear for her personal
safety and be psychologically and/or physically injured--or in fear that her “friends”
would be physically injure or killed—during the course of filming the show “Scare
Tactics.”
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
(NEGLIGENCE)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1–13 of this Complaint.
14. On March 1 , 2002, in Los Angeles County, California, Defendants and each
of them negligently subjected Plaintiff to a nonconsensual filming of the show
“Scare Tactics”, at which time Plaintiff suffered physical injuries, as well
as severe emotional distress.
15. As a proximate legal result of Defendants’ negligence, Plaintiff has
and will suffer economic damages in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
16. As a proximate legal result of Defendants’ negligence, Plaintiff has
and will suffer noneconomic damages in an amount to be awarded according to
proof.
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION
(NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 14-16 of this Complaint.
17. Defendants and each of them engaged in negligent conduct as described
hereinabove, and violated Civil Code ß1708.0 and Penal Code ß637.2, among
others.
18. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ negligent conduct and
violation of statutory standards, Plaintiff suffered serious distress.
19. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ negligent infliction of
emotional distress, Plaintiff has and will suffer economic damages in an amount
to be awarded according to proof.
20. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ negligent infliction of
emotional distress, Plaintiff has and will suffer noneconomic damages in an
amount to be awarded according to proof.
THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION
(INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-20 of this Complaint.
21. Defendants and each of them engaged in outrageous conduct as described
above, which Plaintiff is informed and believes was intended to cause Plaintiff
to suffer emotional distress.
22. Additionally, Defendants and each of them engaged in the above-described
outrageous conduct with reckless disregard of the probability of causing
Plaintiff to suffer emotional distress, the Plaintiff was present at the time
the outrageous conduct occurred, and the Defendants knew that the Plaintiff was
present.
23. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ outrageous conduct,
Plaintiff suffered severe emotional distress.
24. As a further legal and proximate result of Defendants’ outrageous
conduct, Plaintiff has suffered economic damages in an amount to be awarded
according to proof.
25. As a further legal and proximate result of Defendants’ outrageous
conduct, Plaintiff has suffered noneconomic damages in an amount to be awarded
according to proof.
26. The conduct of Defendants and each of them was fraudulent, malicious and
oppressive. In doing these fraudulent, malicious and oppressive acts, each of
the individual Defendants was acting within the course and scope of his or her
employment with the corporate and business Defendants, each of which approved,
authorized and/or ratified the conduct of the individual Defendants who were
acting on their behalf. As a consequence of Defendants’ fraudulent, malicious
and oppressive conduct, Plaintiff is entitled to punitive and exemplary damages
in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(INVASION OF PRIVACY – INTRUSION, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PRIVATE FACTS, AND
FALSE LIGHT)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-26 of this Complaint.
27. At the time the Defendants used their hidden audio, video and television
cameras, Plaintiff was either a passenger in an automobile, or a remote deserted
area of Los Angeles County, California. At all times herein mentioned, Plaintiff
had a reasonable expectation of privacy that Defendants would not unreasonably
intrude into Plaintiff’s privacy, nor publicly traumatize her for the purpose
of revealing her trauma to the cast and crew of Scare Tactics who witnessed it
while they surreptitiously recorded and filmed it.
28. Defendants’ intrusion into Plaintiff’s private life by terrorizing
and traumatizing her for the purpose of such surreptitious recording and filming
was, and is, highly offensive to a reasonable and ordinary person.
29. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ intrusion into Plaintiff’s
privacy, Plaintiff has suffered economic damages in an amount to be awarded
according to proof.
30. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ intrusion into Plaintiff’s
privacy, Plaintiff has suffered noneconomic damages in an amount to be awarded
according to proof.
31. The conduct of Defendants and each of them was fraudulent, malicious and
oppressive. In doing these fraudulent, malicious and oppressive acts, each of
the individual Defendants was acting within the course and scope of his or her
employment with the corporate and business Defendants, each of which approved,
authorized and/or ratified the conduct of the individual Defendants who were
acting on their own behalf. As a consequence of Defendants’ fraudulent,
malicious and oppressive conduct, Plaintiff is entitled to punitive and
exemplary damages in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(VIOLATION OF CIVIL CODE ß1708.8)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates be reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-31 of this Complaint.
32. Defendants and each of them invaded Plaintiff’s privacy in a manner
offensive to a reasonable person by attempting to capture the visual images and
sound recordings of Plaintiff engaging in personal activities about which
Plaintiff had a reasonable expectation of privacy, through the use of visual and
auditory enhancing devices.
33. Further, Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendants and each of
them trespassed in order to physically invade the privacy of Plaintiff with the
intent to capture visual images and sound recordings of Plaintiff engaged in
personal activities, and the invasion incurred in a manner which was offensive
to a reasonable person.
34. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ conduct, Plaintiff is
entitled to economic damages in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
35. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ conduct, Plaintiff is
entitled to noneconomic damages in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
36. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ conduct, Plaintiff is
entitled to three times the amount of Plaintiff’s economic and noneconomic
damages in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
37. The conduct of Defendants and each of them was fraudulent, malicious and
oppressive. In doing these fraudulent, malicious and oppressive acts, each of
the individual Defendants was acting within the course and scope of his or her
employment with the corporate and business Defendants, each of which approved,
authorized and/or ratified the conduct of the individual Defendants who were
acting on their behalf. As a consequence of Defendants’ fraudulent, malicious
and oppressive conduct, Plaintiff is entitled to punitive and exemplary damages
in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
SIXTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(VIOLATION OF PENAL CODE ß632 & ß637.2)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-37 of this Complaint.
38. Defendants and each of them intentionally and without the consent of the
Plaintiff, electronically recorded and eavesdropped upon the confidential
communication of Plaintiff with the Defendants Mertha and Draft on the evening
of March 1 , 2002, in Los Angeles County, California, while Plaintiff was in an
automobile and in a remote, deserted area, locations and circumstances under
which Plaintiff had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
39. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ eavesdropping and
recording of Plaintiff’s confidential communications, Plaintiff has suffered
economic damages in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
40. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ eavesdropping and
recording of Plaintiff’s confidential communications, Plaintiff has suffered
noneconomic damages in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
41. As a result of Defendants’ violations of Penal Code ß632.2, Plaintiff
is entitled to damages in the amount of 5,000.00, or three times Plaintiff’s
actual damages, whichever is greater.
42. The conduct of Defendants and each of them was fraudulent, malicious and
oppressive. In doing these fraudulent, malicious and oppressive acts, each of
the individual Defendants was acting within the course and scope of his or her
employment with the corporate and business Defendants, each of which approved,
authorized and/or ratified the conduct of the individual Defendants who were
acting on their behalf. As a consequence of Defendants’ fraudulent, malicious
and oppressive conduct, Plaintiff is entitled to punitive and exemplary damages
in an amount to be awarding according to proof.
SEVENTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(ASSAULT)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-42 of this Complaint.
43. On or about March 1 , 2002, in Los Angeles County, California, an unknown
assailant who was employed by and the agent of Defendants, and each of them,
acting during the course and scope of his employment, attacked and assaulted
Plaintiff while in an “Alien” costume, placing Plaintiff in fear of her life
and lives of her friends.
44. In doing the acts alleged herein, Defendants intended to cause or to
place Plaintiff in apprehension of a harmful or offensive contact with Plaintiff’s
person.
45. As a result of the Defendants’ acts as alleged herein, Plaintiff, in
fact, was placed in great apprehension of a harmful or offensive contact with
Plaintiff’s person.
46. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ acts as alleged herein,
Plaintiff has suffered economic damages in an amount to be awarded according to
proof.
47. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ acts as alleged herein,
Plaintiff has suffered noneconomic damages. in amount to be awarded according to
proof.
48. The conduct of Defendants and each of them was fraudulent, malicious and
oppressive. In doing these fraudulent, malicious and oppressive acts, each of
the individual Defendants was acting within the course and scope of his or her
employment with the corporate and business Defendants, each of which approved,
authorized and/or ratified the conduct of the individual Defendants who were
acting on their behalf. As a consequence of Defendants’ fraudulent, malicious
and oppressive conduct, Plaintiff is entitled to punitive and exemplary damages
in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
EIGHTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(FALSE IMPRISIONMENT)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein
each and every allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-48
of this Complaint.
49. Defendants,
and each of them, intentionally and
unlawfully exercised force or the express or implied threat
of force, menace, fraud or deceit, and/or unreasonable
duress to restrain, detain or confine the Plaintiff in or
around the automobile where the terroristic attack
occurred.
50. The
restraint, detention or confinement compelled
Plaintiff to stay in the car, to later escape into the
desert-like canyon area, and then to retreat to the automobile in an
attempt to escape.
51. Plaintiff
did not consent to the restraint, detention or
confinement at any time.
52. As a legal
and proximate result of Defendants’ act as
alleged herein, Plaintiff has suffered economic damages in an amount to be
awarded according to proof.
53. As al
legal proximate result of Defendants’ acts as alleged herein, Plaintiff
has suffered noneconomic damages
in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
54. The
conduct of Defendants and each of them was
fraudulent, malicious and oppressive. In
doing these
fraudulent, malicious and oppressive acts, each of the
individual Defendants was acting within the course and
scope of his or her employment with the corporate and
business Defendants, each of which approved, authorized
and/or ratified the conduct of the individual Defendants who
were acting on their behalf. As a
consequence of
Defendants’ fraudulent, malicious and oppressive conduct,
Plaintiff is entitled to punitive and exemplary damages in an amount to be
awarded according to proof.
NINTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein
each and every allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-54
of this Complaint.
55. Defendants
Mertha and Draft made the following representations of material fact to
Plaintiff:
(a) That on
the evening of
March 1 , 2002
, Plaintiff was
invited and being taken to an exclusive Hollywood
industry party at a desert resort located in
Los Angeles
County,
California
;
(b) That the
automobile in which Defendant Mertha,
Defendant Draft and Plaintiff were riding had “stalled” on a
remote desert road in Los Angeles County,
California
;
(c) That a
costumed “Alien” was in fact attacking and
physically injuring Defendants Mertha and Draft, and that
Plaintiff’s life and that of said Defendants were in grave danger; and
(d) That
Plaintiff could only escape serious injury or death
by running for her life through a dark, desert canyon area,
and to then later return to the automobile in hopes of
escape.
56. These
representations of said Defendants were in fact
false. The truth was that:
Plaintiff had not been invited to
an exclusive
Hollywood
industry party; that the automobile
in which Plaintiff was riding had not “stalled”;
that Plaintiff
and Defendants Mertha and Draft were not probable
victims of a homicide at the hands of the “Alien”, but rather
than Defendants Mertha, Draft and the “Alien” were merely
actors in a surreptitious episode of “Scare Tactics”; and
that Plaintiff had no need to escape as she was informed
she should by Defendants Mertha and Draft.
57. When said
Defendants made the above-described
representations, they knew they were false.
58. Defendants
Mertha and Draft, acting in the course and
scope of their employment and agency with the other
remaining Defendants, made the above representations
with the malicious, oppressive and fraudulent intent to
defraud and induce Plaintiff to be terrorized, frightened,
and seriously emotionally distressed so that Plaintiff’s reactions
could be surreptitiously recorded and filmed.
59. At the time Plaintiff acted, Plaintiff did not know
that the representations were false and believed that they were true. Plaintiff
acted in justifiable reliance on the truth of the representations.
60. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ misrepresentations of
material fact, Plaintiff has suffered economic damages in an amount to be
awarded according to proof.
61. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ misrepresentations of
material fact, Plaintiff has suffered noneconomic damages in an amount to be
awarded according to proof.
62. The conduct of Defendants and each of them was fraudulent, malicious and
oppressive. In doing these fraudulent, malicious and oppressive acts, each of
the individual Defendants was acting within the course and scope of his or her
employment with the corporate and business Defendants, each of which approved,
authorized and/or ratified the conduct of the individual Defendants who were
acting on their behalf. As a consequence of Defendants’ fraudulent, malicious
and oppressive conduct, Plaintiff is entitled to punitive and exemplary damages
in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
TENTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(FRAUDULENT CONCEALMENT)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-62 of this Complaint.
63. Defendants, and each of them, concealed or suppressed the material facts
described hereinabove in paragraphs 55 and 56.
64. Defendants concealed or suppressed such material facts by telling
Plaintiff other facts, including those described in paragraph 55, to mislead
Plaintiff to prevent Plaintiff from discovering the truth.
65. Defendants concealed or suppressed these facts with the intent to defraud
and induce Plaintiff to act as described hereinabove.
66. At the time Plaintiff acted, Plaintiff was unaware of the concealed or
suppressed facts and would not have taken the action if Plaintiff had known the
facts.
67. In justifiable reliance upon Defendants’ conduct, Plaintiff was induced
to the fact in fear of her safety as described hereinabove.
68. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ concealment of material
facts, Plaintiff has suffered economic damages in an amount to be awarded
according to proof.
69. As a legal and proximate result of Defendants’ concealment of material
fact, Plaintiff has suffered noneconomic damages in an amount to be awarded
according to proof.
70. The conduct of Defendants and each of them was fraudulent, malicious and
oppressive. In doing these fraudulent, malicious and oppressive acts, each of
the individual Defendants was acting within the course and scope of his or her
employment with the corporate and business Defendants, each of which approved,
authorized and/or ratified the conduct of the individual Defendants who were
acting on their behalf. As a consequence of Defendants’ fraudulent, malicious
and oppressive conduct, Plaintiff is entitled to punitive and exemplary damages
in an amount to be awarded according to proof.
ELEVENTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES IN VIOLATION OF B&P ß17200 and ß17500)
(As Against All Defendants)
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference herein each and every
allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1-70 of this Complaint.
71. Defendants, and each of them, engaged in the conduct and made the
misrepresentations described hereinabove in an untrue and misleading manner, and
as part of a business practice to deceive the general public, including
Plaintiff, into unwittingly participating in Defendants’ television program
“Scare Tactics”. Defendants took these actions and made these
representations for the purpose of profiting from this untrue, misleading and
deceptive scheme.
72. Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendants filmed numerous
persons other than Plaintiff in an effort to create the television show “Scare
Tactics”. In each “episode” which Defendants recorded, videotaped and/or
filmed, Defendants utilized similar false and misleading statements to terrorize
nonconsenting persons and surreptitiously record their emotional trauma, all in
violation of Business & Professions Code ß17200 and ß17500, Penal Code
ß632, et. seq., Civil Code ß1708.8, among other statutory prohibitions.
Defendants’ conduct constituted unfair competition under Business &
Professions Code ß17200 in that it was unfair, unlawful and/or fraudulent.
73. As a result of Defendants’ violation of Business & Professions Code
ß17200, Plaintiff brings this action on behalf of the general public to obtain
injunctive relief to stop and further unfair, unlawful or fraudulent business
practices, and to obtain disgorgement of Defendants’ ill-gotten gains or
unlawful profits.
75. Defendants, and each of them, conspired with each other to cause the
damages and injuries to plaintiff as part of an ongoing enterprise to produce a
multi-episode series for the Sci-Fi Channel.
76. As a result of Defendants’ action, Plaintiff has incurred economic and
non-economic damages in an amount to be proven at trial.
77. Defendants’ conduct described herein was done with a conscious
disregard of Plaintiff’s rights and with the intent to vex, injure or annoy
Plaintiff such as to constitute oppression, fraud or malice under California
Civil Code ß 3294, entitling Plaintiff to exemplary or punitive damages in an
amount appropriate to punish Defendants.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays for judgment against Defendants, and each of them,
as follows:
1. For economic damages, including past and future medical expenses and lost
wages in an amount to be awarded according to proof on those claims appropriate
and where requested only.
2. For noneconomic damages for pain, suffering and emotional distress in an
amount to be awarded according to proof;
3. For treble damages in an amount to be awarded according to proof on those
claims where requested only; 4. Punitive and exemplary damages in an amount to
be awarded according to proof on those claims for intentional conduct only;
5. For preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prevent Defendants from
presenting any of the audio or visual recording of Plaintiff’s victimization
to anyone;
6. For preliminary and permanent injunctive relief preventing Defendants from
continuing to engage in the unfair, unlawful or fraudulent business practice of
surreptitiously recording the traumatized reactions of any other persons in the
future;
7. On behalf of the general public, restitution or disgorgement of all
ill-gotten gains or profits from Defendants as a result of their unfair,
unlawful or fraudulent business practices;
8. For reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of suit herein on those causes
of action where available; and
9. For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
DATED: February _, 2003
SOLOMON, SALTSMAN, & JAMISON SOLOMON,
SALTSMAN & JAMISON
By ______________________
STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON
R BRUCE EVANS
BY _____________________
STEPHEN ALLEN JAMISON
R. BRUCE EVANS
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