On Monday morning, we told you the comical tale about a pair of prestigious Oklahoma City law firms suing the wrong electric contractor – Red Dirt Electric – for $60-million dollars.
After the case against his company was dismissed, Sooner Electric's owner – Spencer Struck – went on a media tour to clear his name and openly question why the law firms involved wouldn’t publicly apologize for the gaffe.
In fact, Steve Lackmeyer took a break from riding around on the Bricktown Water Taxi to make that the lede in an article about the matter!
Spencer Struck is no longer named in a $60 million lawsuit that mistakenly targeted his company Red Dirt Electric, but he is wondering why the law firm responsible for the bad filing isn’t reimbursing his legal costs or making a public apology.
Just as shocking as the mistake was the response by representatives of the legal team consisting of Phillips Murrah and Goolsby Proctor when Struck asked for a public apology or retraction.
“I was given the explanation that the wrong people get sued every day and this is what you set yourself up for when you open a business,” Struck told The Oklahoman.
Phillips Murrah declined to respond to questions from The Oklahoman other than to say the firm did not have direct communications with Struck. The firm would not comment about a request to publicly apologize or reimburse his legal costs. Goolsby Proctor did not return calls seeking comment.
Man, look at Steve Lackmeyer sticking up for the little guy and going hard after these big-time law firms! Doesn’t that break some of The Oklahoman’s old reporting protocols? Next week, expect him to write something critical of MAPS!
I guess the “slanted” coverage by Lackmeyer and the rest of the local media that was in support of the small contractor who was wrongly sued by expensive lawyers for $60,000,000 irritated the folks at Goolsby Proctor.