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| fact_id ▼ | filing_id | fact |
|---|---|---|
| 138 | 8 8 | Lance Christopher Kassab is a lawyer practicing plaintiffs' legal malpractice law in Houston, Texas for over 20 years through Kassab, P.C. |
| 139 | 8 8 | Michael A. Pohl is an individual lawyer residing in Colorado |
| 140 | 8 8 | Kassab filed four lawsuits on behalf of over 400 clients against Pohl in four different Harris County courts |
| 141 | 8 8 | Civil barratry and conspiracy to commit barratry are the main allegations, a third-degree felony in Texas |
| 142 | 8 8 | Pohl conspired with wife Donalda Pohl ('Dona'), paralegal Edgar Jaimes, and runners Walker, Seymour, Ladner |
| 143 | 8 8 | Sham companies: HH Texas (owned by Dona, operated by Jaimes), HH Mississippi (Walker/Seymour/Ladner), Precision Marketing Group, GM Settlement Verification Team |
| 144 | 8 8 | For BP claims: runners went door-to-door; Precision paid $300-$400/client; Pohl paid Precision $1,500/client; percentage disguised as $1,500/hour |
| 145 | 8 8 | For auto accidents: Pohl used Google Alerts, dispatched runners to hospitals/homes/funerals; paid up to $7,500/client plus 33% of fees |
| 146 | 8 8 | HH Texas paid HH Mississippi $2,500 per referral as additional layer between Pohl and runners |
| 147 | 8 8 | Walker, Ladner, and Precision received over $5 million in 'barratry pass-through money' |
| 148 | 8 8 | Santana solicited dozens of car wreck cases; paid $5,000/case plus fee percentage; told minorities 'were easier to sign up' |
| 149 | 8 8 | Santana's first solicitation: woman and unborn child killed; Pohl told her 'take no prisoners'; paid $2,000 to 'convince her into signing over' |
| 150 | 8 8 | Pohl paid Santana $50,000 cash in 'trick or treat' bags; signed 'under duress'; Pohl demanded she state received only $100 |
| 151 | 8 8 | Talley: 800+ BP claims ($75-$350/client), 20+ auto cases ($1,400 plus expenses); followed checklist; carried blank contracts |
| 152 | 8 8 | Both Talley and Pohl knew solicitation was illegal; Talley once 'run out of town' |
| 153 | 8 8 | Walker indicted and imprisoned; Pohl then refused to pay runners; runners sued in Mississippi federal court |
| 154 | 8 8 | Over 400 clients contacted Kassab and requested representation against Pohl |
| 155 | 8 8 | Kassab filed grievances against Pohl pursuant to Rule 8.03 |
| 156 | 8 8 | Kassab has 150 assigned barratry claims; remaining to be filed by November 7, 2018 |
| 157 | 8 8 | This amended answer adds res judicata as 17th affirmative defense (not in original answer) |
| 158 | 8 8 | Attorneys for Kassab: Lance Christopher Kassab (Bar No. 00794070) and David Eric Kassab (Bar No. 24071351), 1214 Elgin Street, Houston, Texas 77004 |
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CREATE TABLE key_facts (
fact_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
filing_id INTEGER REFERENCES filings(filing_id),
fact TEXT
);