I will also bet the five guys who left APT in May 2013 will claim they did so because APT first breached their contracts with them by failing to PAY them as agreed. Whether those 5 guys can be held personally liable outside of MM's corporate shield remains to be seen. Also remember, when these guys left APT the company had not yet been granted their mini-bike frame patent (that was granted in September 2013).
Something in my gut tells me that Troy Covey knew APT was going straight down the tubes and knew full well what these guys were doing. I'll even bet he was considering MM as a potential partner should his efforts at going public failed (which they did in Aug-Dec 2013 with the botched reverse merger with PRPM). He could have been eying MM as a place to park (sell, barter or otherwise transfer) assets prior to a potential APT bankruptcy.
I base this belief on the astronomical improbability of ALL 5 (FIVE) experienced executives >>NOT knowing or NOT realizing<< that they were bound by written and signed "non compete" clauses!! One, maybe.. but all FIVE??? IF it can be proven they had a green light from Troy/APT then the case against MM collapses.
JMHO
one thing is obvious...Olen Rice/Northern Group was not paid...that is why there are the cases in Wisconsin. Who knows about the others? Given Covey's HABIT of NOT paying people as promised??? I'd say the odds are good...
Did you read TAC's reorg "plan"??? Could this POS be thinking he'll rent that building to APT??? That would be so FUNNY!!!