Here is the first text referencing the $700,000.
Sethie (917) 796-9926 to Mr. Berman: "Tauriga got screwed royally. Without John Cesario Tauriga is bankrupt right now. Or forced to settle for a measly $700,000. Or something like that."
So is Sethie a liar? Fact is, the "something like that" is $200,000 which was offered at the February 2016 mediation. Cases like TAUG's are cookie cutter for an insurer. These cases are put on a chart and measured against the hundreds and thousands of similar cases. TAUG's case was, IMO a $400K case, perhaps $500K. The $250K is the correct number for the malpractice which was real. The remainder is reimbursement of fees Cowan collected from TAUG along the way and the cost (under duress) of TAUG's reauditing.
I said "was." That was before the Johnny Web Site, the on-going libel of Cowan, Mr. Meyler and the other Cowan partners, the letters to the State Board of Accountancy, and the Johnny stunt writing to the judge attempting (laughing out loud) to turn the TAUG case into a criminal case.
I say laughing out loud, because if the case was made into a criminal matter, there would be no collection from Cowan. They would either be guilty or not-guilty.
