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SGOPY
IN TI.ITJ
SUPERIOR
COIJRT
OF'|I,IE
STATE
OF
WASIIINGTON
IN
AND
FOR
THE
COUNTY
OII ]'FIURSTON
COTJN'|Y
I'IOSI
AIvILiRICA
CORPORAl'lON.
a
Clololaclo
Corporation
.
NO.
MOTION
FOR
TDMPORARI'
IIESTRAINING
ORDBR
AC,t ;',iS r
DEFENDANT
BRENT
DAVII)
SIMCOSKY
Plaintitl
ll
rent
DlLlitl
Sincoskv.
Delendant.
I. RIILIEF
RITQUESTED
I) laiutil'J'moves
the
corrt
lbr
a temporaty
restrair.ring
order restraining
defendanl
r.
,lrt:
(a)
intellbring
with
plaintilfs
contracts
or
prospective
econonric relations;
(b)
posting
on
r.veb
sites,
sending lettels
or otherwise
cliscr,tssing in
any
r.vay
anv
lalse
or.
mislc'acling
infbrtrtation
about
pltrintiffor
its
Board
ol'llilectors
or
its
errrployees.
endors
()r'attOrnc)'s:
(c)
doing
ally other
act or
thing
calculated to.
tending to. or
likely
to unfhirl_v
cotrp )tc
with
the plaintilT
or to unlairly
hann
the valne
ol'plaintiffs
stock. and
for
an ,rcler'1o
shorv
causc
r.vhv
delcndant
should not
be so restr.ained
during the
pendency
olthis
action.
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MO']'ION I]OR'l'EMPORAI{Y
RESTITAININC
OI{DER
ACAINST DEFENDAN
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II.
STATIiMIINT
OF
FACTS
Dcl'enclaut
has threatcuecl
hodily
harm
to
plaintil'fs
Boald
ol'Directors.
For cxanrple.
.1.'Ii'ndant tllleirtens
Irlrrrn
in
saying:
"MURPHY
AND
BOD
WILL
LEARN
THE I{ARD WAY
WHAT A
BUTTFUCI(ING
ISI I "
De lenclants
also. lbr cxarnple" tlrreatens
ph1,'sical
harm to lvlt.
Murphl,
(breakirrg
Iingers
altcl scxual nssault):
-'u\nd
it loolts
lilic
IVITJRPIJY
intends
to
givc
me
the fingor so
I
intend to hreak
it off
tnd
shove
it
un
his
DUNIII
ASSII LOL LOL"
I)eclaration
o1'1-inrothy
B.
IVlcCoruraek,
l'hrexts
of
Phvsical Violence
Exhibits
1
-
ltl
(chart
shorving statemellts
rrade hy delendant).
.
De1'eflclant
threatens to
extort
and
blacknrail
plaintiff
r"rnless
plaintilT
"buys
o11"
clef'elrclant.
Iot' examplo.
cleltndant. rcfbrring
to
"custonrers"
and
threatenilrg
to
contact
"c
ustol1]ers" \vfote:
"r\r'c
investors
scared altel
seeing
hor.v MURPIIY
scrcwcd
CAFEW holders? TIMII
IS
IttINNING
OtiTlll
lLcgistering rveb
sites
this
lr,eek
and
putting
togcther lettcrs
arrd
iu
lornration
sl.reets
Ibr
ntailingl 1"
Del'cnclant
rrses
extottion
as
a
meatls Lo stop
his
sntear
clnrpaign:
"I
WILL
NOT
STOP
TINTII,
TIII] \A-A.RRANTS
ARIJ
I]XTENDED
OR tr'M PAID
WFIAT
THEIR
VALUE
WOULD
HAVE I}EEN
IN
SAY 2 Yf,ARS I: '
"Well
I
intencl
to rcmind
potential
custonlers and
the contpetition
olthat
past"
Dcf'enclant
also
threatens blackmail
(asking
for
$1.50
per
expircd
rvarrant)
by strrring
he
rvill
create defamatoty u,ebsites
regalding
Host,
Nlr.
Murphy
and Board
oI Directors.
But
hc
rvill'osell"
thc lvcbsitcs
to
Murphl'for
a cost.
-l'1c1,
mayb SOmeboy
shoLrld
tell
Murphy
I'll
scll
the
iights to
my
rveb
site
idea
ol'
$1.50
a
rvarrant?
(Evcn
though thcyle
giving
warrants
ar.vay with
$1.95
strike
price)
woulcl
go
arvay and no,er mention
the
rvord Enerlumc.
Host,
MurDhv,
ctc
againll
:
L,
MO'IION FOR TDIVIPORARY
RES
I'ItAININC OITDER
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Whethel
deltntlarrt
shor.rld be
temporarily
restrained
liom defarning
ancl
otlrelrvise
lralassing
plaintill'until
the
matlel can
be
lreald
at
a
ptelintinary
iniunction hearing rvhen
delbndant
has
overtly
tlueatened
to
harnr
the business
rclationships
ol'plaintitf
and
is cloirrg so
for
an
aclur
ittedly imploper purpose?
IV. EVIDENCE
ITELIED
UPON
This
ntotion
is
based
on the
attached
dcclaration ol
plaintiffs
Counsel,
Tinothy
B.
lvlc('ormack aucl tlre atlached exiribits
ancl the declaration of Mike
Malota.
V.
LEGAL AUTHORITY
'[
hc lbllo."ving
legal authority
is
applicable
to
plaintifls
motion.
Goncral
Authority
lbr
TRO
'fhe
issuance
ol a restraining
older or
plelirrinary
injunction"
and
its
scope. is
u,ithin
the
broacl
discrction
ol' the
court tt.r
[ashion zr
rcnrecly
appropriate tr:
the
palticular
facts
and
circrrmstanoes
as
r,vcll
as
the equities
oi
tlre
casc..
LenholJ
t.
Birclt
Buy Reol
[,.sttte.22
\I'n.App.
70.74-75.5ti7 P.2d
1087, l0c)0
(1978).
Rtqterr t Gunter,3l
Wn.App.27,30.640
P.2d 36.38
(
1
9ti2);
,rce
a/.rr.r
RCW
7 .40.020
and CR 65(b).
-fhe
lhctors
consiclered
include
the chalacter of
the
intcrcst to
be
protected,
the adequacy
of injunctive reliel
relativc
to
other
rer.nedies.
possible
rnisconduct
b1,
the opposing
pertv.
the
lclativc
hardship
to
cither
part1,
il'the reliel
is
granted
or clenied. the intelests
oI
other
partics.
and
llre
public.
arrcl
tire
practicalit_v',
o1'enfbrcing it. Lanhof/
v.
Birch
Bul,Real Estota.22 Wn.App.70,
74-75.587 P.2d
1087,
1090- 91
(1978).
A
temporaly restrairring older
ol
plelinrirrarv
injunction
may
only
be
granted
upon
lll'oof
that the
applicant
has a
clear
legal or
eqLritable
right
and
a
i,l,ell
glounded
fear of
inrnrediate
invasiorl
01'that righl.
and that the acts complained o1'nrust
be
causing or
will
caltse the applicant
i\4OI'lON I1)R 1 l-TM
POIU\RY RLS
I
IIAIN INC ORDEII.
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12.
Il
Irl
l.-'
Ir"
IH
?1)
2t
t.i
&ctual and substantial
in
jury.
E..q.,
lstltrtritut S. S Co.
y.
Ncttionul
l'[urine Eng. l]anct'.
,,1.s:;oc.,41
Wn.2d 106. 117-18.241
P.2d 549.556
(1952).
'I'he
courl
in
its
clisclelion nral,rvaive
the
tiling
ofa
Lrond or the
posting
ofsecuritv,
RCW
26.0q.060(5
).lvhich
it
normallv
does.
'l'enrporary
restraining orders
ancl
prelin.rinary injunctions
rnay be obtained
wilhout
notice
to
tlre opposing
party.
but
only
uncler
limited
circumstances
C.'ornlnr: &
Sons,
htc. v. fufcl\rutnuru.
tl
Wn.App.441.443"
506 P.2d 1328,
Li30-
3l
(1973)
(1'llO
without
notice
is
oka,v
when
it is
shor.r,n
to tlle court
by
specific and complehensive lactual
allegation that there
is
a
critical and
irnrnediate need lbr
the
pl'otection
of
persons
or
propcrty).
Tvnes
of
Conduct that
Can
Be Enioined
Ail tvpes o1'misconduct
nray be enjoined,
including:
l.'[irlls. Bra'k]anar
t
llctuil
(llerks
Llnion,53
Wn.2d
17,
19.330
P.2d
314.315
(1958)
(restraining
tolts).
2.
De(iulatoly.
disparaging.
or
libelous
statemeuts.
In ra \..lutiage of
Olson.69 Wn.App.
621.850
P.2c1
527 (19g3)(father enioined
liom
niaking
dispalaging tenrali(s about mother in
prcsence
ol theil
children: court re.iected argument
tl-rat
restraining
orcler
violated
fhther's
I'reeclom
of
speech); Dickson
v Dickson,
12
Wash.App.
18i, 529
P.2d 476,
certiorar; clenied
96
S.Ct.
53,
423
U.S.
832.
46
L.Ed.2cl 49. rehearing
danietl 96 S.Ct. 406.423
tJ.S.
991,46
L.Ed.2d 311.
rcviev
deniar.l
(Wash.
1974)
(hrjunctivc
relief
ll
oiri
defamatory
or
libelous
conduct
is applicable
when
there
is a
recurling type
iuvasion. the
need
lor
multiple damage actions to asscrt tlte
clclcnclant's lights.
an imnrinent tlrrcat
olcontinlred
ernotional ancl
physical
ttaunra, and ditlicLtlty
Larv of Defalnrtion
lJncler
Washington
law one is liatrle
fbL
any
defanratory statements that are untrue. When
the
untrue stalerrcnts are
clirecteci
at sorneone's trade or business then one does not even
need
to
MOI'ION FOR
TEMPOIIARY RI'STRAININC ORDIR
AGAINS-I
I)I]F
EN
DANT
B
RT..:NI'
DAV
ID
SI ]\4COSKY
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"l
ptovc
(lanrages.
In
Washington
State.
the
tlanrages
are
presuntccl.
Sae c.g.,
ivkri:on rla Frunce,
Ltd. r.
l,ldi.t
Otri ,
lnc.. 126 Wash.
App.
34,
108 P.3d 787
(Wash.
App.
2005)
(holding
that
pl'cstlrlled
damages
Lo
a
pdvate plaintifT
lbr
defamation
r,vithout
ploof
of
actual
malicc
are
available
undel Washington larv)
Defiulation
is not
protected
by the Filst Amendment.
Bcauharnuis t.
lllinois.
:143
U.S.
250,
72 S.Ct.
725.96
l,.Ed.glq
(1951).
("Libelous
utterances
not
being
."virl.rin
thc' area
ol
constitntionally
protected
speech, it
is
umecessary,
either lor
us or fbr the
State
courts.
to
consider the
issues
betind
the
plrrase
'clear
alld
present
danger.' Certainly
no one rvould contend
that
obscene speech"
lbr
exatnple.
nray be
punished
only
upon
a showitlg
of
such circrunstances.
Litrel.
as,uve hayc
seen.
is in
the sante
class."): hr
re Man'iage
of
Olson.69
Wn.App, 621,850
}'].2d
527
(l99iXfhthcr
enjoinecl
li'om
making
disparaging remarks about
mother
in
presence
of
tircir
cliilclrcnl courl
re.iected algunrcnt
that rcstraining
order
violnted
father's fi'eedom
olspeech).
Given thc
crcdible thlcats
of
phvsicral
violence
to
persons
and thc
credible threats
to
clantagc
property
(incJLrcling
defamation
peL
se and interference with
contracts and
prospective
economic telations)
ar.rd
the
lotal
lack
ofany
possible
legal delense
and tlre irreversible harnr
that
r.vill
clone
if
deltndant is
allolved
to
rampage
and
givcn the
I'act
that
clcl'endant
rvill
sufl.cr
tro
harm
fi'om
being restrained
it is
proper
and
necessary that thc court issue
the recJuested
telrporary
restrain ing
olclcr.
VI.
PROPOSEI)
OIIDER
A
proposed
orclel
granting
the
relief
requested
accompanies this
nrotion.
Datcd this
day
ol
,
1007.
BY:
Timothy
B. McCormack, WSBA # 28074
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RESTITAININC ORDER
A(;AIN51'DEFENDANT
BITENT
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IN
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASLIINGTON
IN
AND
}-OR TI.IE
COUNTY
OF TFIURS'|ON COLTNTY
HOST
AMERICT\ CORPORA'IION,
a
Colorado
Corporatio[
,
Plaintiff,
BRENT DAVID SIMCOSKY
AI(A
DAVID
BRENT SIMCOSKY,
Defendant.
llhe
parties
to
lhis
action
IIEREBY
STIPLq-ATE to
against defendant.
NO.07-2-01732-5
P-EIWIANENT
STIPULATED
IN.IUNCTION
the following Permanent Injunction
D. Brent
Simcosky
AMERICA
CORPORATION
By
its:
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Date
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2007
BETTY J. GOIILD
lvl.Cormack
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Busincss
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PERMANONT STIPULATT,D INJUNCTION
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Based
on the
consent
ofthe
parties
and the
court,s
olr.t
goodjudgmen
il is Ordered:
1.
Defendant
and any
officers, agents,
sewalts,
empioyees,
and
attorneys,
and all
other
petsons
in
active
concert
and
participation
with
defendant
who receive actual
notice
of
this
order,
are enjoined
from:
interfering
with
plainliffs
contracts
or
prospective
economic
relations;
posting
on web
sites,
sending
letters
or
otherwise
discussing in any
way
information
about
plaintiff
or its
Board
of
Directors
or
its
employees.
vendors,
channel partners
or
attomeys;
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12
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6.
4.
),
2.
c.
doing
any
other act or thing
caiculated
to, rending
to,
or likely to unfairly
compete
l\,ith the plaintiff
or to
unf'airly
liarm the value
of
plaintiff
s
stock;
Defendant
will
agree
never
to
mention
HOST again,
publically,
to anyone ever
again
outside
his
own attomeys,
unless
by court
order;
Defendant
rvill noi appear
or
otJrerwise participate
in
any
message boards
or discussion
foruns
that are affiliated
with
or that
specificaily
discuss
HOS'I or its
affiliates
or successors
oL
assisns.
Defendant
agrees
to sign
a Clarjfication
Letter
regarding
misrepresentation
of specific
facts about
the
plaintiff
ar:d
any iniemperate
or offensive communications
for which
he
was responsible
in
the
form
attached
to
the
parties
settlement
agreement
The
Ietter
will
be
sent to
David
Murphy,
the
Host America
Board of
Directors,
Channei
Partners; plaintiff
may use
or discuss the
letter
with alyone
in its effort ro
mitigate
any damage
caused
by
defendant
or as
might othenvise
be required
by law.
Each
side
r.vill
bear their
own
costs
and attomeys,
fees,
except
as noted.
The case
wil.l
be removed
from
the
court's
docket and
be
considered
dismissed
ancl
adjudicated
but the courr
wili retain
jurisdiction
for
enforcement
ofthis injunction
and.
any
judgment
that
mighl
be
filed
pursrlant
to the
parties
settlemeflt agreement;
counsel
for
plaintiffwill
retain
subpoena
power
for
compliance purposes;
If
this
injunction
is
violated,
upon a
good
cause
showing to
rhe
court,
the
{bllorving
sanctions
against
the defendant
r,vill
be
imposed:
2C
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24
25
).
PERlVIANENT
STIPULATED
TNIUNCTION
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ivlccormack Intcllectual Properq,
Lsrv
Business
Lirlv
PS
617 Lee
Street
Seanle,
WA
98109
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b.
c.
d.
Payment
of attorneys'
fees
and
costs for
any
follow-up
enforcement
aclion;
Surrender
ofany
and all
personal
computers;
Agreement
to
rlot
use the
Intemet
for
t0
years,
unless
for work;
and
Damages
in
the
amount
of$250,000
and
$25,000 in attomeys'
fees
(in
form
of
consent
judgment).
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This
order
shall
go
this
Court.
into effect
immediately
and
shalt
remain
in
effecL until
funhet
order ol
{
ANNE
HIRSCH
SIIPERIOR
COT]RT
ruDGE
Presented
by:
Timothy
B.
McCormack,
WSBA
# 28074
McCormack
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property
Law
Business
Law PS
617
Lee
St.
Seattle,
WA
98109
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206.38
1.8888/
1'.
206.38
1-1988
tim@McCormacklesal.
com
D.
Brent
Simcosky
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Mccormack
Intellcctual
Propcty
Law
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617
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