Key Assertions
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20 rows where filing_id = 8
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| assertion_id ▼ | filing_id | assertion |
|---|---|---|
| 147 | 8 8 | Kassab's law firm focuses solely on plaintiffs' legal malpractice |
| 148 | 8 8 | Kassab filed four lawsuits on behalf of over 400 clients against Pohl in four different Harris County courts alleging civil barratry and conspiracy to commit barratry |
| 149 | 8 8 | Civil barratry is a third-degree felony under the Texas Penal Code |
| 150 | 8 8 | Pohl conspired with his wife Donalda Pohl, paralegal Edgar Jaimes, and three Mississippi runners to illegally solicit clients |
| 151 | 8 8 | Sham companies used: Helping Hands Financing LLC (Texas), Helping Hands Group LLC, Helping Hands Financial LLC (Mississippi), GM Settlement Verification Team, and Precision Marketing Group LLC |
| 152 | 8 8 | For BP litigation, Precision paid runners $300-$400/client; Pohl paid Precision $1,500/client; fee percentage disguised as $1,500/hour rate |
| 153 | 8 8 | For auto accidents, Pohl paid runners up to $7,500/client plus 33% of attorney's fees; HH Texas paid HH Mississippi $2,500 per referral |
| 154 | 8 8 | Walker, Ladner, and Precision received over $5 million in 'barratry pass-through money' |
| 155 | 8 8 | Walker testified it was 'clear to [him] it was barratry' and considered himself 'a pass-through for barratry money' |
| 156 | 8 8 | Santana solicited 'dozens and dozens of car wreck cases all over the country'; paid $5,000/case plus fee percentage |
| 157 | 8 8 | Pohl told Santana minorities 'were especially vulnerable since they tended not to know that the law prohibited barratry' and 'were easier to sign up' |
| 158 | 8 8 | Pohl told Santana 'take no prisoners, this is a cut throat business, you get in there and you do whatever it takes to get this client' |
| 159 | 8 8 | Pohl paid Santana $50,000 cash in bags marked 'trick or treat' to sign a gag agreement; Santana felt 'forced to sign' it 'under duress' |
| 160 | 8 8 | Santana's December 19, 2017 retraction affidavit does not state her prior testimony is untrue, only that she does not 'agree with' it |
| 161 | 8 8 | Talley solicited over 20 auto accident cases and more than 800 BP claims; paid $75-$350 per BP client and $1,400 plus expenses per auto case |
| 162 | 8 8 | Talley followed a solicitation checklist including bringing flowers and filling out HH Texas funding schedule |
| 163 | 8 8 | Talley carried blank Pohl contracts; both he and Pohl knew solicitation was illegal; Talley once 'run out of town' |
| 164 | 8 8 | Pohl has judicially admitted barratry is not a legal malpractice claim, so assignment is permitted |
| 165 | 8 8 | Kassab has been assigned 150 barratry claims as of the filing date |
| 166 | 8 8 | Pohl filed this lawsuit against Kassab in retaliation for the barratry lawsuits and grievances |
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CREATE TABLE key_assertions (
assertion_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
filing_id INTEGER REFERENCES filings(filing_id),
assertion TEXT
);