Quotes by Geoffrey Harper

“Our contention is that they kept telling us that they couldnt pay us because they havent gotten payment. They said that they intended to end to the contract, and then we stopped providing our services.”

“We thought that the facts where simple and fairly straight forward. We felt that this was a clear case and we thought that they defrauded us. It took us two days to put our case just because of the amount of people to call upon.”

“It was just a matter to get the jury to see all the facts.”

“That is a pretty rare judgment to get a sizeable punitive damage award in a business case, especially in Dallas County.”

“Both parties file a motion to go into judgment; the judge will make a judgment at that time.”

“We entered a contract with [the Plano Surgery Center], where they performed the surgery and we provided the marketing, found the doctors, and provided outpatient and aftercare. In exchange for all that, they had to pay us. They paid until January 2003, and then they stopped paying altogether.”

“We only asked the jury for $339,000 in our closing argument; they gave us three times more.”

“The jury clearly knew that the Plano Surgery Center was guilty here and wanted to send them a clear message. And I think that it is a very loud message I am sure that Plano Surgery Center will get.”