Blaze:
A woman whose only source of income was selling items online discovered that a judge had ruled against her and she owed $250,000 to country singer Luke Combs.
Nicol Harness was selling homemade tumblers and T
She told WFLA-TV that she sold only 18 tumblers with the likeness of the singer and made $380 off their sale.
The lawsuit was filed in an Illinois court against her and several others for selling counterfeit merchandise. The lawsuit was already settled before she found out about it, and she was ordered to pay $250,000.
“It’s very stressful. I don’t have money to pay my bills,” Harness said. “I just want this resolved. I didn’t mean any harm to Luke Combs. I quit selling the tumbler. I pulled it down. I just don’t understand.”
She found out something was wrong when she couldn’t access the money in her Amazon account. more here
He made it good and for her then some. He was distressed and embarrassed the this happened to her, a fan. I bet if this was some hollywood pop singer type instead of a Country music guy, it might have ended badly.
From what I read on the story it didn’t say she was not still liable for the 250 thousand judgement against her.
Lawyers sue everybody involved big or small
Some lawyers have no common sense and are just plain greedy. That said, last year I recorded a visit to downtown Portland. Recorded the whole thing in case of future radio ads claiming that if I’ve ever been to Portland I may be entitled to significant compensation.
Seems she lacks a bit of common sense, as anyone famous makes money off of their image and work.
That being said, there should be multiple levels of communication when dealing with anything legal (including lawsuits). I wonder how they obtained her email address? Did they verify that it was actively used? (It was active, but I’m wondering if they gave a shit to check.)
Lawyers suck. Lawyers working in government suck worse.
Need a friend? Call a psychologist.
Need an asshole? Call a lawyer.
That said, lawyers are there to aggressively advocate for you, not be anyone’s friend.
Story with a very happy ending.
Atta Boy, Luke!
95% of the lawyers give the rest of ’em a bad name!
People sue to protect their rights. If a celebrity isn’t vigilant about the use of their image and likeness it might become public property. Xerox regularly took action to prevent their trade name from becoming a verb or common noun, likewise Kleenex and Bandaid.
It sounds both trivial and like bullying but that’s life.