A tech engineer who had been working with Caesars Entertainment to introduce new gaming systems to the public has been overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court.
After finding that Alff erred by omitting states before reaching the judge in a legal situation brought by technology architect Sam Johnson and his business Tipping Point Gaming, the high court ordered the situation to be remanded to District Court for a new trial in June.
Caesars representatives could not be reached for comment on the Supreme Court decision.
Court records say Johnson entered an agreement with Caesars more than 10 years ago to provide “picture-in-picture” systems on slot machines to business. Johnson saw his partnership with Caesars as a means of bringing his systems to market because the gaming giant assisted in the project’s certification procedure with Gaming Laboratories International.
However, Johnson later discovered through internal conversations with Caesars ‘ executives that they were plotting not to promote his goods.
Johnson claimed that Caesars sued Tipping Point in a lawsuit that prevented him from signing a third-party commitment while it was still in progress. Johnson filed a lawsuit against Caesars for poor belief, scams, and tortious disturbance, but he was forced to stop Tipping Point’s operations and sell business assets at auction.
At trial, Johnson presented executive emails indicating they were not trying to help with certification.
” It was a stunning blow”, Johnson said in a release. ” Initially, several executives with Caesars had been thinking about buying into our company, or even acquiring it entirely, and moving forward with the project. Caesars not only abruptly terminated our agreement, but also revealed to my TPG team that they had decided to “do everything to poison the well and crush us”
The judge decided that the jury could n’t take into account TPG’s counterclaims against Caesars after the lawsuit was brought to trial.
Caesars requested that the jury only consider claims that arise from narrow technical agreements, which the court granted. In the end, the jury decided against Caesars on all of its claims, and it also determined that TPG had no awardable contract damages despite Caesars ‘ breach of the agreement.
When will the case be subject to a new trial, it’s not known.
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