dave vs vh case information

**JMJ** · 12.22.02, 07:20 PM

this was posted over at vh yahoo groups.

tim-o-thy said it was provided by ron higgins on the allvh yahoo groups list

http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/civil...CaseType=Civil

you have to type in the case number at the bottom of the page BC286832

JMJ

**Little Dreamer** · 12.23.02, 02:01 AM

One new bit of info in there is that DLR is suing VH AND Warner Brothers.

**Bob_R** · 12.23.02, 03:40 AM

Good work Detective JMJ!!

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**VanHalen2079** · 12.24.02, 09:36 AM

It says DAVID LEE ROTH VS. EDWARD VAN HALEN. Yet it also lists everyone and everything that looks to have had contact with Van Halen. So did the site screw up by listing vs. Edward when it should be Van Halen or what?

**Guitar Shark** · 12.24.02, 10:38 PM

Originally posted by VanHalen2079:
It says DAVID LEE ROTH VS. EDWARD VAN HALEN. Yet it also lists everyone and everything that looks to have had contact with Van Halen. So did the site screw up by listing vs. Edward when it should be Van Halen or what?

The info on that site is typed in by somebody at the court clerk's office; it doesn't really mean anything. They usually just type in the first defendant's name that is listed, and ignore the rest. It's just a way of identifying the case.

This ought to put to rest any comments that Dave somehow is suing Van Halen's business interests but not the members of the band themselves. That is BS -- Eddie, Alex, and Mike are named individually as defendants, in addition to their business entities.

Now that we have the case number, anybody can go down to the clerk's office and get a copy of the complaint. I don't suppose there is anyone who lives nearby who might be interested?

**OLO** · 12.25.02, 03:28 AM

Originally posted by Guitar Shark:
Now that we have the case number, anybody can go down to the clerk's office and get a copy of the complaint. I don't suppose there is anyone who lives nearby who might be interested?

[img]graemlins/yell.gif[/img] YES!!!
Someone that lives in LALA Land go down there and get those Doc's, scan them so we can all see!! [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

Hey atleast its VH news! We know Brad wont be posting them at the official site. ( chuckle, snort Laugh) Or....I guess we could wait for the next Golf Digest to hit the shelves.

**Eddymon** · 12.26.02, 06:06 AM

Why suit for a meesley 200 thousand bucks and basically kill any chance of reuniting and making a bazillion bucks? Dave must really need the dough. I am guessing that he took a big financial hit with his waste of time and money BBQ video.
Its not a meeslay 200 thousand to most if not all of us here, but to someone like Dave that you would think would have ton of money it would seem that way.

**Christopher Walken** · 12.26.02, 10:11 AM

He's only suing because the reunion talks fell through. Once he realized there was absolutely no chance of success - he filed.
Think of it as one last sucker punch before he heads into obscurity once again.

**JMJ** · 12.26.02, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by Christopher Walken:
He's only suing because the reunion talks fell through. Once he realized there was absolutely no chance of success - he filed.
Think of it as one last sucker punch before he heads into obscurity once again.

yep

JMJ

**Rocket** · 12.26.02, 08:03 PM

His suit is about $200,000 in loss (theft) of income. The amount he is suing for (losses and damages) are larger than $200,000, but not disclosed.

Hey - If VH Inc. cut a new deal where they (E, A, M) get more for points on back catalog and DLR's extra piece goes to RD, wouldn't you sue for punitive damages as well? This is the deal Hagar wrote about in his book isn't it? Maybe Sam tipped Dave off in their initial meeting?

**JMJ** · 12.26.02, 09:21 PM

i just wonder if that extra piece is going to RD, i wonder if he engineered it that way. wonder if ed, al, and mikey even knew if that was happening to dave.

remember how vh canned their lawyer and then ed's lawyer alan mintz became the band's attorney? gotta wonder why that happened too.

just seems like everything went south once daniels got involved...man that sucks though ya know? there could have been kickbacks going left and right and people may not even have known about it.

man this is nuts.

if everyone ever wrote a bioraphy on this whole thing since is atarted back in their garage borrowing dave's pa set, man what a bestseller it'd be

JMJ

**famac@nuveen.com** · 12.27.02, 02:18 PM

Taking this matter to the courts doesn't mean there is no reunion in the works.

A contract is a LEGAL document, so it's only natural for it to take the LEGAL system to sort it out.

We are all assuming this is the first time a Van Halen royalty issue has made it to the courts, when all we really know is this is the first one we have found out about.

**BREW CREW** · 12.27.02, 10:51 PM

Optomistikaaa!!!
If VH were in court, we would know about it!
VH is too big not to know about it!

**TommyK** · 12.28.02, 09:07 AM

I can see it now.

Van Halen Live on Court TV!! [img]graemlins/bounce.gif[/img]

**Eddymon** · 12.28.02, 09:54 AM

This will never see the courtroom. It would cost WB/VH and others more for the lawyers that the lousy $200,000.00 bucks.

Heres and idea Ed if you wanna save a few bucks on things you waste.
1) Fire Brad and close your useless piece of shit web-site.
2) Forget about your crappy golf game and focus on what you do best.
3) Spend 6 months in rehab and try to save your marriage to a very beautiful woman that has stood by you through thick and thin.