Yes. It was for an unpaid bill - assumably stemming from treatment of MB’s injuries that he suffered during the beatdown in Aug 2019. There was apparently not enough movement on discovery during the specified discovery period and the court issued a dismissal warning on 10/29/22, followed by the official dismissal on 12/31/2022.
Here is the full list of court actions.
If he was in police custody (in the hospital) at the time the bills were incurred–I wonder if he would have legally been responsible for the bill?
At least for (convicted) prisoners (not sure about people being detained in state custody/arrested) usually they are wards of the State so the State is responsible for the medical bills. (sorry just curious…legally)
(Edited to add-there does seem to case law and or statutes in other states on that issue.)
NC makes it pretty difficult to expunge or hide criminal offenses, thankfully.
I swear there are people in the horse industry that want this 100% to be true. Sure it happens and everyone knows it does basically due to human nature but some people want it to work this way ALL THE TIME.
There was a guy who jumped into AQHA Western Pleasure big time about 20 years ago who was not shy about this. Reading articles about him just had me shaking my head. He was going to change how the industry works and infuse great sums of money. Turns out he was a liar and a cheat and was stealing his clients money, his horse trainers money and who knows who else’s money. His downfall is quite a story.
Failure to Prosecute; if one side does not file documents or present answers to Motions let’s say, the opposing side may file a Motion to Dismiss for lack of Prosecution. The judge then may give the other side an opportunity to respond to that motion, normally ten days in my world. If the other side does not respond, the judge can then dismiss the case due to the other sides failure to respond, or basically thwarting the entire process or failure of prosecution. If you file a suit and then are not productive in that suit, that is not good. Sanctions can also be issued by the judge, such as the suit cannot be filed again.
Aren’t requests for motions to dismiss listed on the docket? In this case, it appears there was no such request.
Good point. I only glanced at the attached documents but I think they said the clock for the discovery phase would begin after defendant was served. I think MB was at Ann Klein then, so perhaps couldn’t be served. I’m not sure how this works, but I just thought it interesting that the case was dismissed.
I brought it up because several posters made a BIG DEAL about the lawsuit on one of the other threads, in attempts to convince everyone that MB was a terrible businessman who didn’t take care of his financial obligations.
Just speaking up as someone who’s gone through something similar, my therapist told me to ride whenever I could. Even if I didn’t feel like it. So while people may be riding, it doesn’t mean they aren’t suffering emotional distress. The riding is what helps you crawl out of that awful, dark hole.
I can’t speak on this case because I don’t have enough facts or know the nuances close to the parties, but someone riding and showing doesn’t mean they aren’t suffering sever emotional distress. The riding might be the one thing keeping them alive. Something to consider.
Since Michael has several lawyers on record as representing him I would think (but others can correct me if I am wrong) that serving Michael would be accomplished by serving the papers to his lawyers.
So I don’t think not serving is the issue here.
Would that mean the amount due is wiped or is it sent to collections?
Is that what they’ve come up with to explain away her suit damaging claims on YT? Otherwise, I think you quite missed the point: she is claiming to not be significantly impacted if she is riding better than before the shooting.
Gaelic Storm used to tour in our area quite frequently. They played at a local tavern. My friend and I sat at the bar with the some of the band before the show. She had never seen them, so she was quite surprised when they announced to us they had to get down to the stage as it was time to perform.
Another time, DH and I sat with Steve Twigger and discussed that DH was wearing Steve’s favorite GS t shirt. DH said, I won this at one of your concerts.
They are a fun band!
Who’s they and what is YT?
I ride better than before my attack also. That was my point. I am significantly impacted and it affects me every day but if you just judged by my riding you wouldn’t know that. As I said I don’t know the inner details of this case, but just a general comment that someone riding and improving doesn’t mean they are not suffering emotional trauma or distress. That’s all. There’s no hidden message or secret knowledge I have.
Youtube.
A place that Lauren Kanarek posted a ton. (Which has been discussed quite a bit here.)
You are just not coming across as credible here. You’ve been following along the entire time, you know just as much as the rest of us.
Besides, LK will have to have some pretty serious documentation about just how emotionally distressed she is, and how it is worse than before the shooting. And there will have to be some serious teasing apart what issues she suffers from were present prior to the shooting (addiction often results from self medicating mental/emotional problems) and which ones actually arise from the shooting (or may have contributed). Then there is the pesky little problem, to actually win lawsuits, you aren’t really “allowed” to get better if you want to win anything significant.
I BELIEVE that her ‘riding’ has to do with she is PHYSICALLY able to. The fact that LK states she is riding BETTER THAN EVER shows that she is not limited by the aftereffects of the shooting. I don’t think 'the ability to ride is part of the ‘emotion/mental’ aspect of the case.
ICBW.
I tend to think you may be right. At any rate, it appears that the clock for discovery elapsed and in the absence of any filings to keep things moving forward, the court dismissed the case.
My guess is it had already been through Collections but they were unable to resolve the issue so they turned it over to the lawyers to file suit.
If someone has an attorney who has made an appearance on their behalf, the attorney is served not the client.
If no Motion to Dismiss has been filed, the judge may have dismissed the case due to inactivity perhaps.
Please correct me if I am wrong oh legal eagles.
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