{"id":86697,"date":"2019-05-02T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T19:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86697"},"modified":"2019-05-02T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T19:11:19","slug":"montana-man-pays-for-stolen-valor-and-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86697","title":{"rendered":"Montana Man Ordered to Pay for Stolen Valor and Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to a recent article by Task and Purpose<\/a>, a Montana man is required to pay $1.7 Million dollars for Stolen Valor and fraud.<\/p>\n

A Flathead District Court, Montana jury on Tuesday awarded $1.7 million in damages to Donald W. Kaltschmidt Jr. after finding Laron D. Shannon of Kalispell liable for fraud and negligent misrepresentation in a case involving an oilfield services company in which Kaltschmidt was a silent investor.<\/p>\n

Kaltschmidt, who served in the United States Marine Corps, sued Shannon, Elizabeth Shannon and Oilfield Warriors, LLC, in 2014, alleging Laron Shannon had misrepresented himself as an active U.S. Marine when he “never actively served in the United States Marine Corps or in any other military service branch,” according to the lawsuit complaint.<\/p>\n

“This lawsuit was really about stolen valor,” said Kaltschmidt, a longtime Whitefish businessman who owns the Don K car dealership. “I was really proud of the jury in our case. They weren’t going to tolerate this kind of thing. This issue was he lied about who he was.’<\/p>\n

“More than likely I won’t see a penny, but what I hope [the jury decision] says to people is you can’t do this in Flathead County,” Kaltschmidt told the Daily Inter Lake Wednesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But here’s the kicker to this story…<\/p>\n

Shannon could not be reached for comment. Michael Rabb of Rabb Law Firm of Bozeman, who was listed as Shannon’s attorney for his counter claim, said his firm filed a notice of withdrawal from the case and ceased to represent Shannon about a year ago.<\/p>\n

Shannon represented himself during the trial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who better to represent a fraud than someone that wants to pretend to be a lawyer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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