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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
Propet USA, Inc.
     Plaintiff,
                    vs.  
Lloyd Shugart
     Defendant.
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 Case No. 06-cv-00186

Jury Trial Demanded

Lloyd Shugart is a professional photographer who had been hired by Propet USA, Inc. to photograph Propet's shoes for its marketing materials. As all commercial photographers do, Mr. Shugart delivered his images in a sealed envelope indicating that the use of his images was subject to a Film Delivery Memo. One of the conditions of that Film Delivery Memo was that Propet's use of his images was limited to two years. Later in the relationship, Mr. Shugart noticed that Propet had continued to use certain of his images in their latest catalog outside of their two year license. Mr. Shugart pointed out that Propet's use violated not only the terms of his Film Delivery Memo, but also the releases signed by the models used in the photographs.

Understandably, the relationship deteriorated at that point and Propet stopped using Mr. Shugart for future photo shoots. However, rather than remedy its violation of the agreement with Mr. Shugart, Propet filed suit against Mr. Shugart for a declaration that it owned the photographs and not him. Mr. Shugart sought the assistance of the Mann Law Group and the Whitaker Law Group to guide him through his legal troubles.

After a three day jury trial, not only had the Mann Law Group and the Whitaker Law Group successfully defended Propet's baseless attempt to steal Mr. Shugart's photographs, the jury awarded him $1.3 million in damages for Propet's willful and blatent disregard of the law.