Friday, October 11, 1996
Car dealers reach settlement with Irvin
By the Associated Press
(Oct. 11, 1996)
DALLAS (AP) - The North Texas Toyota Dealers Association on Thursday
reached an agreement with Michael Irvin its $1.4 million lawsuit
against the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver.
A confidentiality agreement kept terms of the deal under wraps.
"We just agreed we wouldn't discuss any of the terms of
the settlement, but my client is pleased with it," said
Irvin's attorney Donald Godwin. "Mr. Irvin is very pleased
... now to be able to focus his energies on his family and his
life and going back to playing football."
The suit will be dismissed when the settlement is submitted next
week to state District Judge Candace Tyson for approval, Godwin
said.
The dealers, who claimed Irvin's "immoral lifestyle"
damaged their image, had sued the football star in August after
he pleaded no-contest to a felony cocaine possession charge.
They sought damages of $1.2 million for lost sales and $200,000
in production costs, contending Irvin violated deceptive-trade
laws when he signed an endorsement contract misrepresenting himself
as a moral person.
The dealers had to scrap their spring ad campaign featuring Irvin
when police found him, a former teammate and two topless dancers
in an Irving motel room on March 4, along with marijuana, cocaine
and drug paraphernalia.
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