But in a filing this week to the US District Court for the Eastern District of California, Stones’ lawyers said the allegations against the cardroom should be dismissed for a number of reasons.<\/p>\n
These included that alleged gambling losses are not recoverable \u201cboth because such losses are speculative and because lawsuits to recover such damages are barred by long-standing California public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moreover, the negligence claims fails because Stones \u201cdid not have a duty to protect plaintiffs from gambling losses to Mr. Postle,\u201d the card room claims in its motion.<\/p>\n
\u201cNor have plaintiffs adequately alleged causation or loss,\u201d it adds. \u201cNone of the Stones Fraud Plaintiffs have alleged that they ever actually played a hand of poker with Mr. Postle after a discussion with Mr. Kuraitis. Nor have they alleged they lost money to Mr. Postle after they spoke with Mr. Kuraitis, let alone made such allegations with the specificity required under the Federal Rules.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each claim should be dismissed for failing to state a cognizable claim under California law, consistent with the relevant pleading standards,” it concludes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Lawyer for the players Maurice “Mac” VerStandig told PokerNews<\/em> this week that while the motion was a \u201cwell-drafted document prepared by a group of excellent attorneys,” he wished Stones would stop trying to characterize his clients as \u201csore losers,\u201d rather than victims of alleged fraud.<\/p>\nThe claim that a casino has no duty of care to its customers was \u201cdisheartening,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stones Gambling Hall, the Sacramento card room at the center of an alleged poker cheating scandal, has filed a second motion to dismiss a $10 million lawsuit from poker players who allege they were defrauded by another player, Mike Postle. Dozens of players sued Stones and Postle last October, alleging the latter was relayed information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":132619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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