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Posted on Dec 10 2004
A company manufacturing Polo Ralph Lauren apparel filed a lawsuit yesterday against a restaurant over alleged theft and sale of its shirts, asking the Superior Court for damages of more than $250,000.
Concorde Garment Manufacturing Corp. asked the court for an award of the market value of the apparel products American Kai Hua Corp. allowed to be sold on its premises. It also asked for an award for lost profits and actual damages, besides punitive damages in the amount of $250,000.
Concorde attorney Steven Pixley also asked the court to permanently bar the illegal sale of its manufactured shirts and that the defendant company, which does business as Kai Hua Restaurant, and several unnamed defendants return stolen shirts in their possession.
Pixley accused the defendants of engaging in a pattern and practice of unlawfully selling stolen Polo apparel products owned by Concorde at the restaurant. He said several persons, whose identities he has yet to ascertain, had substantial roles in the theft and sale of Concorde’s Polo shirts.
The theft and illegal sale prompted Concorde to retain a private detective agency on Nov. 11, according to Pixley. On Nov. 26, Chinese-speaking investigators retained by Concorde purchased several Polo shirts from a certain Mr. Chen, who is chef at the restaurant.
By stealing shirts and selling them, the defendants wrongfully converted the goods for their own benefit, Pixley said.
“The acts of the defendants in selling merchandise to consumers on Saipan and otherwise engaging in acts and practices which are unfair or deceptive to consumers constitutes a violation of the Consumer Protection Act,” he added. (John Ravelo)
