Thursday, November 04, 2004
(Merle) Haggard lawsuit dismissed
From the San Antonio Express-News
A judge on Friday dismissed a suit brought against Merle Haggard by a music promoter over the singer's failure to appear at a 2001 concert in Fredericksburg.
Haggard attorney Nelson Nease successfully argued that Kathy Schroeder, the Fredericksburg promoter who claims to have lost about $80,000 on the show, lacked legal standing to bring the suit she filed in 2002.
Haggard cited health woes in canceling one day before the performance. Schroeder's suit contended Haggard wasn't ill.
At the 20-minute hearing Friday, Nease said recently unearthed evidence showed Schroeder had no ownership interest in Pedernales Music Productions (PMP), the firm with which Haggard had contracted to appear for $25,000 at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds.
Nease said evasive and misleading responses by Schroeder to questions had long obscured the fact the company is a sole proprietorship of Roger Moon, a business associate of Schroeder.
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San Antonio Express-News
A judge on Friday dismissed a suit brought against Merle Haggard by a music promoter over the singer's failure to appear at a 2001 concert in Fredericksburg.
Haggard attorney Nelson Nease successfully argued that Kathy Schroeder, the Fredericksburg promoter who claims to have lost about $80,000 on the show, lacked legal standing to bring the suit she filed in 2002.
Haggard cited health woes in canceling one day before the performance. Schroeder's suit contended Haggard wasn't ill.
At the 20-minute hearing Friday, Nease said recently unearthed evidence showed Schroeder had no ownership interest in Pedernales Music Productions (PMP), the firm with which Haggard had contracted to appear for $25,000 at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds.
Nease said evasive and misleading responses by Schroeder to questions had long obscured the fact the company is a sole proprietorship of Roger Moon, a business associate of Schroeder.
Read the article
San Antonio Express-News
# posted by Dave Sichak @ 9:11 PM 
