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03/30/27 Defendant rejects settlement offer

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03/30/27 Defendant rejects settlement offer

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Defendant formally rejected offer to settle for $250,000

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03/27/07 at 10:09 a.m. Defense counsel writes email to plaintiff's counsel 

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03/27/07 at 10:09 a.m. Defense counsel writes email to plaintiff's counsel 

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Defendant's counsel wrote email to plaintiffs, that he could not get in contact with his client, and that meant there had been no confirmation of acceptance for the settlement.

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03/27/07 Plaintiff asks defendants counsel for a release and dismissal

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03/27/07 Plaintiff asks defendants counsel for a release and dismissal

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Monsour's counsel asked defendants counsel for a release and dismissal. Court was notified of the settlement.

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PACA trust confirms receipt of 50,000 in settlement.

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03/26/07 4:55 PM. Email from Plaintiffs counsel 

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03/26/07 4:55 PM. Email from Plaintiffs counsel 

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Plantiffs by email accepts Menu Makers offer of $250,000. The PACA lien has been negotiated down to $50,000 and we will pay it directly from our trust account. You can confirm that with Larru in Florida.

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03/26/07 Menu Maker responds to negotiation at 3:51 PM

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03/26/07 Menu Maker responds to negotiation at 3:51 PM

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Response is that "their client will not pay $300,000 in settlement. They indicated they were getting 'iffy' about his $250,000 offer."

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Creighton Cox general manager for Menu Maker told plaintiffs counsel that he would recommend his client accept $300,000 if such an offer was advanced by the defendant.

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03/26/27 Graves (defendants counsel) rejects offer's by affidavit

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03/26/27 Graves (defendants counsel) rejects offer's by affidavit

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Graves states by affidavit that he believed the $300,000 figure was a rejection of a $250,000 settlement offer. He told Cox to inform defense counsel that the company would not accept a $300,000 offer.

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Monsour wrote an email back saying, "IF menu Maker Foods offer $300,000, this firm will recommend the same to the Monsour's."

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03/26/07 Defendant negotiates with Monsour. 

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03/26/07 Defendant negotiates with Monsour. 

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Defendants counsel sent email to Monsour saying "I doubt my client would pay more than $300,000 and woudl not accept any ofer that increased the settlement amount by between $50,000 and $75,000."

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Monsour tried to negotiate by asking defendant (Menu Maker) to raise their offer by $250,000.

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03/14/07 Menu Maker by email tries to accept rejected offer

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03/14/07 Menu Maker by email tries to accept rejected offer

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By email, Menu Maker tries to accept rejected offer from Monsour for $250,000. "I was authorized by Mr. Graves to offer $250,000 in settlement."

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03/14/07 Monsour Rejects offer/Makes counter offer

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03/14/07 Monsour Rejects offer/Makes counter offer

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Monsour rejected $250,000 offer. Monsour made new offer for $400,000

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03/16/07 Menu Maker makes Counter offer for Settlement

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03/16/07 Menu Maker makes Counter offer for Settlement

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Counter offer for $250,000 to Monsour.

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Menu Maker - 03/14/07 Offer from Monsour to Menu Maker

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Menu Maker - 03/14/07 Offer from Monsour to Menu Maker

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$420,000 settlement offer by email.