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Saper Law helps its client Red Frog Events overcome a Texas County TRO
By Saper Law | May 20, 2010
Although Saper Law handles litigation involving temporary restraining orders and injunctions, the subject matter usually involves intellectual property or trade secret missapropriation—not mud pits, fire jumps, and obstacle courses.
Last Thursday, Saper Law recieved the following frantic call from its client Red Frog Events, LLC:
“Daliah, there are three Kaufman County Sheriffs at our event site physically blocking any construction or preparation for our big Warrior Dash Event. We’re expecting 30,000 people– flying in to Texas from all over the country– in less than two weeks! They handed us something called a Temporary Restraining Order and said if we try to move forward, we will face harsh penalties. What do we do?!”
A flurry of phone calls later, Saper Law secured a copy of the TRO, hired local Texas counsel, and started poring over the Texas Mass Gathering Act.
What was Kaufman County’s cause for concern?
Red Frog Events, LLC is a Chicago based event planning company that organizes two main events: The Great Urban Race and Warrior Dash. While the Great Urban Race is a city based scavenger hunt, Warrior Dash is admittedly “America’s most insane race” with “14 obstacles from hell.” The event attracts individuals from all walks of life, between the ages of 14 and 73, and consists of 3.5 miles of extreme obstacles like cargo nets, hay bales, waist-deep water complete with logs, a 7-foot fan called the Texas Tornado, and a fire pit. It is the ultimate event for thrill-seeking athletes, held on some of the nation’s most demanding and unique terrain.
To overcome the TRO, Saper Law needed to help Red Frog convince the Court, and Kaufman County officials, that Warrior Dash was a professionally organized event. The company had arranged for emergency situations, was working with local police and fire departments to control crowds, and had the full cooperation of partnering venues. In addition, Kaufman county would benefit economically from the large influx of people visiting the area.
The arguments worked.
Here’s what Joe Reynolds, Red Frog Event’s founder, had to say to Saper Law:
Thank you for your help with putting us in contact with the right people in Texas. It turned into a big deal (every Dallas metro tv, radio and newspaper covered our court case extensively - even helicopters were flying over our race filming!). In the end, with the amazing help of the three outstanding Texas attorneys and against all odds, we overturned the TRO and won the case. We couldn’t have done it without you and I’ll forever be grateful for it.
To read some of that Texas media coverage, please click on the links below. To learn more about Red Frog Events in general, watch their interview with Tim Jahn on www.beyondthepedway.com:
Warrior Dash Media Coverage:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Warrior-Dash-Gets-Green-Flag-92277869.htmlhttp://cbs11tv.com/local/warrior.dash.reinstated.2.1660535.html
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