It's Official!!!!

[rick@laysons]

It's official!

We have received the legal documents dismissing ALL charges filed against Layson's Restorations as a result of the raid and arrests we had to endure at Carlisle in 2008.

This is Dave Layson's press release.....



Layson's Restorations Exonerated


Charges dropped with prejudice in Pennsylvania



(Lakewood-WA) Layson's Restorations is pleased to announce the end of a patent and trademark investigation in the state of Pennsylvania. This follows the FBI's move to drop its case last fall. It is the end of a lengthy legal battle that began at the Chryslers at Carlisle event in July of 2008.

Layson's can again focus entirely on doing what it does best: Serving our customers and helping them bring their Mopar dreams to life. We would like to express our deepest appreciation to our customers, vendors, business partners and even competitors who encouraged us and provided the moral support to see us through this difficult time.

We want to extend a special thanks to Robert Wolff of Mopar Collectors Guide and Phil Painter – both of whom made the effort to see through the issues and into the truth of the matter. We will always be grateful.

Going forward, we hope these developments when combined with a turnaround in the economy will allow us to recall some of the loyal employees we were forced to lay off and continue our quest to make more parts and improve our processes to better serve our customers who, along with our love of classic cars, motivate us to be the best we can be every day.

Now that we can again turn our attention to the hobby we love, look for an improved website, more product releases and our continued support of our loyal customer base at the major Mopar shows around the country.

In the end, we hope that the legal issues surrounding the manufacture and sale of legal reproduction parts have been resolved once and for all – for the good of the hobby, and those of us investing and working to restore valuable pieces of American automotive history.

We will have a video statement up on our www.youtube.com/gimeaV8 site in the near future, but until then, we're just thankful this chapter in our company's history is over and that our customers will continue to have access to high quality and affordable reproduction parts for their restoration projects.



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Contacts:
David Layson – Company President - 253-722-1300
Philip Thornton Esquire – Layson's Attorney - 253-383-3102
Video statement: www.youtube.com/gimeav8

[66FBCharger]

Congratulations! (I am not sure if that is the right word or not) Anyway, I am glad you were exonerated!

[FJ5WING]

you should have a sale to celebrate!

[Todd Wilson]

Glad things have smoothed out. Hopefully you guys will have a healthy law suit on your hands. Its a shame what can happen out there with the legal system. Laysons has certainly been hurt with all the legal expense and possible loss of sales due to the bad things that happened that day. Ninja Cops and cuffing and stuffing employee's doing their jobs.



Todd

[bull]

So now that it's over can you tell us what it was all about?

[89MOPAR]

And explain what " Charges dropped with Predjudice" means ?

[BrianShaughnessy]

And explain what " Charges dropped with Predjudice" means ?

A dismissal with prejudice bars the government from prosecuting the accused on the same charge at a later date


PS.  Rick makes the best battery cables!   

[tan top]

thats good to hear !
  its all sorted
never ordered anything from you guys !! yet , but  what a thing to do turn up at a show & bust you  !  in front of potential customers

[Cooter]

I was there (I won't post the pics from Carlisle '08), and it wasn't pretty..Everybody was wondering what the hell Layson's did to cause all that...

Everything from stealing parts, to selling illeagal counterfit parts was the buzz...It was the wrong thing to do to a company at a show....

[hemi68charger]

No comment, I exercise my 5th Amendment rights... 

[charger Downunder]

Typical the big guys trying to squeeze out the little bloke.
A good result for you so far and for all of us doing up cars.

[bull]

I think it was just another opportunity for Chrysler to show us how much they care.