Good news! In a March 14th ruling (below), the judge presiding over AC2T v. Purrington dismissed the case with prejudice. The decision came after Jeremy Hirsch, the company’s chairman-of-the-board, emailed the court to say he no longer wanted to pursue the defamation suit against me, citing lack of money. I suspect the real reason is that he and co-founder Chris Bonner didn’t want to comply with several of the judge’s recent orders, such as coming to Pennsylvania to be deposed (for 6 hours, with me in the room) and handing over documents (emails, texts, experimental data) that they really didn’t want anyone to see. And they likely wanted to avoid the trial, too, which would have been a complete disaster. The 2-page ruling is below:
Although this is great news, the judge did not order the company to reimburse me for my legal costs (approximately $90,000), so I’ll need to sue Spartan Mosquito for malicious litigation. And the judge did not order the company to retract any of its allegations against me (for example, that I am a secret employee of a big pharmaceutical company). And I never got my day in court, which after four years I was looking forward to.
But the biggest bummer is that this company is still selling its tubes to the public.
As a reminder, these are the two guys behind the scam: Chris Bonner and Jeremy Hirsch. They both live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in large houses with pools.
Great to hear. Go after your money.
Thank you. I am looking forward to suing the charlatans.
You absolutely need to sue them for every penny they have! I don’t understand why the judge didn’t cover this when he dismissed the case, Some judges don’t belong on the bench, but they definitely should be paying all of your legal fees.
I’ll likely have a different judge when I sue Spartan Mosquito and owners, so hopefully it will go a bit more easily.
Such a great news, Colin! I keep talking about your case whenever I talk about mosquito products. Unfortunately, there are a lot scams when it comes to mosquito control and you bravely fought and won the legal fight.
I’ll be filing countersuit soon to get my money back. Jerks.
Do you see Spartan Mosquito’s tubes a lot in California? I know they are banned there but have read about people getting them from Walmart without any problem. And eBay, of course.
Hi, we can’t buy it here legally from Amazon, but I just checked Walmart website and it seems like there is no restriction shipping it to here. I don’t hear about it here at all. Maybe some homeowners use it, but not professionals. Best of luck to you!