When does the evidence get presented to the viewing community?
On Jun 16, 12:05 pm, Vern Dernberger <vern.dernber...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Annapolis, MD:
>
> In a surprise move, Tri-Pact Global Industries, LLC filed a massive
> lawsuit this morning in U.S. Federal Court against Tyng Industries,
> Inc. seeking total damages of $500 Billion (US) for alleged patent
> violations, failure to meet contractual obligations and gross
> negligence. If successful, Tri-Pact would not only force Tyng
> Industries into receivership, but would also transfer a large portion
> of the Federal Bail-out received by Tyng Industries recently to the
> well-stocked Tri-Pact offshore bank accounts. At the heart of the
> titanic legal struggle is the recent failure of a critical technology
> component designed by Tyng Industries many years ago.
>
> "It's really quite a simple matter for the courts to decide", stated
> Dr. Frank Pittelli, Tri-Pact CEO, "we licensed track technology from
> Tyng Industries years ago in exchange for various patent rights, a
> number of mutual development contracts and, most importantly some very
> lucrative marketing opportunities". He continued by saying that, "we
> upheld our end of the contract, but Tyng has failed miserably
> upholding his side of the deal ... we just want our money back."
>
> Based on our initial reading of the legal papers, the problem started
> yesterday during a routine appearance of the venerable Tiger-1 (T001)
> on the battlefield. According to court documents, about 20 minutes
> into the battle, the Tiger suffered a catastrophic track failure which
> left it unable to participate for the remainder of the day. Tri-
> Pact field experts were quickly brought onto the scene and determined
> that the failure was the direct result of the track design, as
> originally provided by Tyng Industries. Despite over 5 years of
> battlefield abuse which clearly degraded the track components, Tri-
> Pact experts believe that Tyng's design should have anticipated all
> those problems. As one anonymous legal expert stated, "After all, if
> McDonald's has to pay not-so-intelligent customers from spilling hot
> coffee on themselves, we shouldn't Tyng have to pay for anything that
> goes wrong with any TTS, regardless of customer mistakes."
>
> Dr. Von Hupple, Tri-Pact Director of R&D, stated that "Based on our in-
> depth analysis, the so-called 'Tyng Track System (TTS)' design was a
> ticking time-bomb. Any vehicle that battles more than 40 times with
> that design will suffer the same fate." He continued to state that
> "Tiger-1 is one of the best maintained tanks in the hobby, having been
> rebuilt numerous times to stay current with technology.
> Unfortunately, we didn't know that the Tyng design would fail after
> just 40 battles, given that Steve Tyng himself assured us it would
> 'last forever'".
>
> If just a mechanical failure were at issue, the lawsuit would not be
> anywhere near the $500 Billion mark, but Tri-Pact alleges that Tyng
> actually knew about the design flaw and actively worked to conceal the
> problem, while raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from their
> joint partnerships with Tri-Pact. "It's no coincidence that Tyng sold
> T005 (the original TTS vehicle) well before it had battled 40 times
> and that rumors of the Cromwell being sold after only 20 battles are
> rampant", stated Dr. Von Hupple. "According to our analysis, Tyng has
> always known that the TTS design simply can't go beyond 40 battles."
>
> Dr. Pittelli stated that "We expect Tyng will say that it's our fault
> and we should have used glue to solve all our problems, but perhaps
> he's been sniffing too much glue himself instead of producing proper,
> reliable designs." He continued to say that, "As a national treasure,
> we expect sub-contractors who assist with the maintenance of Tiger-1
> to have the same pride of workmanship as we do."
>
> Given that the case is expected to take years to work through the
> courts, Tri-Pact has already started working on a more permanent
> technical solution. "We have many years of battle experience and data
> for all known track systems, and we're confident we can improve upon
> the flawed TTS design and develop a far superior "Tri-Pact Track
> System" TPTS for use on the Tiger-1 and for export around the world",
> stated John Pittelli, Director of Global Arms Sales. "Our recent
> successful sale of arms to the Vegas Alliance shows that Tri-Pact is
> still the world-leader in arms development and sales for the R/C Tank
> Combat market. Bringing peace to the world through superior
> firepower."
>
> Steve Tyng, Founder and CEO of Tyng Industries, was unavailable to
> comment on this article by press time, although we expect to hear from
> him shortly.
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