Published: September 01, 2010
Sports Agent Sued for Collecting Illegal Commissions; Action Sports Athletes Entitled to Refund
CORONA, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Callahan
& Blaine has filed a lawsuit in San Diego Superior
Court on behalf of international motocross racing team Pro Circuit
Racing, Inc., against Crown Athlete Management Group, Inc. and its
husband and wife owners, Scott and Shana Sepkovic, for a refund of
nearly a half of a million dollars in commissions that Crown AMG
improperly received.
According to the lawsuit, Crown AMG misrepresented its status as
an authorized sports agent so that it could collect hundreds of
thousands of dollars in commissions. California law
requires sports agents to make certain mandatory disclosures to the
Secretary of State prior to acting as an agent. The lawsuit claims that
Crown AMG failed to make those mandatory disclosures with respect to Pro
Circuit (and likely many other action sports athletes), which renders
its sponsorship contract void and unenforceable. The law
further requires Crown AMG to refund all of the commissions it received,
due to its failure to comply with the disclosure requirements.
The lawsuit seeks to eliminate Crown AMG's claims that it is owed
additional commissions from Pro Circuit on old sponsorship deals, and to
recover a refund for the improper commissions Crown AMG already received.
"It is unfortunate that some sports agents think they can get rich
by preying on these action sports athletes in violation of the law,"
said Daniel J. Callahan of Callahan
& Blaine, counsel for Pro Circuit. "The
sports agent law is in place to protect the athletes in those situations.
I anticipate that other action sports athletes who unknowingly
paid commissions to Crown AMG and Scott Sepkovic that they were not
entitled to receive will likely be seeking their refunds as well."
The San Diego Superior Court Case No. is: 37-2010-00058757-CU-MC-NC.
About Callahan & Blaine
Founded in 1984, Callahan & Blaine is California's premier
litigation law firm and has been achieving record-breaking verdicts and
settlements for over 25 years in all areas of complex litigation.
Callahan & Blaine has the highest jury verdict in Orange County history,
a $934 million jury verdict achieved after a three-month trial in Beckman
Coulter v. Flextronix, a complex business litigation case. In
addition, Callahan & Blaine obtained a $50 million settlement that has
been certified by West Trial Digest as the largest personal
injury settlement in the history of the United States. For
more information, visit the firm's website at www.Callahan-Law.com.
Callahan
& Blaine
Daniel J. Callahan, 714-241-4444
daniel@callahan-law.com
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