A lawsuit has been filed against Drake in Chicago that alleges the rapper and his company, OVO Touring, have taken over $200,000 from a concert promoter without paying them back.According to documents filed in Cook County Circuit Court on December 10, Status Entertainment and its partner company Show-n-Off Entertainment were in contact with Drake and his representatives for more than a year with the intent to plan a concert. The first attempt occurred in March of 2012, where both parties initially agreed to a fee of $250,000 for Drake to perform at the UIC Pavilion. Status Entertainment claims they transferred $100,000 over to Drake and his company. However, the show would be cancelled.
A Chicago-based company has filed a lawsuit against Drake and his talent agency to the tune of $200,000 over dropped concert events. Status Entertainment and representatives of its partner company, Show-n-Off Entertainment, filed the suit Wednesday (Dec. 11th) against Drake and his talent agency, OVO Touring, LLC.
OVO Touring said they would return the money, but no transaction occurred during that time period.Later that year, in June, Drake performed at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. That show was planned with a different promoter and grossed between $340,000 to over $1 million based on ticket pricing. Status says they then got back in contact with OVO Touring to reschedule their concert in Chicago for October 18, 2012.
The company claims another $100,000 was sent to Drake, but then his representatives replied, 'We changed the price because our value went up.' POST CONTINUES BELOW. Status Entertainment is now suing for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud and violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, as well as Quantum meruit. They are asking for $202,800 along with court costs and interest.An excerpt of the lawsuit can be read below. During these negotiations, Drake experienced a meteoric rise to the top of the music charts achieving worldwide fame and fortune.
Instead of honoring their obligations, Defendants knowingly and intentionally breached the Agreements and refused to schedule the concert unless Plaintiffs gave them more money due to Drake's newfound fame. Defendants have admitted that they did not foresee Drake's success and attempted to change the terms of the Agreements because they believed that they had a more valuable asset in Drake then when the first Agreement with Plaintiffs was agreed upon. Defendants then fraudulently contracted another company to put on a Drake concert in the Chicago area in June of 2012 and profited handsomely as a result and to the detriment of Plaintiffs. via SpinRELATED:RELATED:RELATED.
Lawsuits are filed every day. In fact, according to an article on the Web site, there are more than 15 million civil cases processed annually in state courts alone, at a cost of over $1.8 billion. Although the number of product liability cases in 2000 was less than half of the number in 1997, the courts are still clogged with civil lawsuits. Most courts are trying to encourage people to settle their disputes out of court, and some require mediation at some point in the process before you can go to trial.In this article, we'll talk about what you have to go through to take someone to court - or, what you might be able to do to avoid court and still get some satisfaction.
Keep in mind that the legal process differs from state to state so this may not always be exactly the way it works in your area. CriminalFirst, let's start off by establishing that there is a difference in a civil trial and criminal trial. When you sue someone and take him to court, it is usually based on a tort. When someone breaks a criminal law, then the public prosecutor takes him to court for a criminal trial.Torts are different from criminal laws in that a person may not have broken a law, but may have acted negligently (either intentionally or not) and as a result, someone else was injured physically, emotionally, and/or monetarily.
Torts provide grounds for the lawsuit. Specific torts include trespassing, assault, battery, negligence, product liability, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
There are also three general categories that torts fall into: intentional torts (e.g., intentionally hitting someone), negligent torts (e.g., causing an accident because you didn't follow traffic rules), and strict liability torts (e.g., being responsible for damages caused by a product you manufacture and sell).The original purpose of tort law was to compensate victims for their losses and also to help prevent future losses by punishing the defendant (the person being sued). For these reasons, there are compensatory damages, which require the defendant to pay back money the plaintiff (the one who filed the lawsuit) lost as a result of the defendant's negligence, as well as money to make up for pain and suffering.
There are also punitive damages. Punitive damages are what the defendant has to pay as his punishment for being grossly negligent, malicious, reckless, or acting intentionally - not just for making a mistake or not being careful. In an effort to get a handle on rising punitive damages, a decision was issued in July 2003 by the U.S.
Supreme Court that limits the amount someone can recover in punitive damages. The StepsIf you are intent on a lawsuit, here is a quick list of the steps you'll go through before it's all said and done.