Opinion
No. 99 C 7885
November 25, 2002
Plaintiffs' motion for default judgment is granted. Judgment is entered against defendants Franco Production, Daniel Franco individually and d/b/a Franco Productions, George Jachem, individually and d/b/a Rodco, R.D. Couture, individually and d/b/a Rodco, Hidvidco, Hidvidco-Atlas Video Release, AMO Video, Atlas Video, Gamport/Earthlink in the amount of $506,045,795.82 as follows: (a) $1,000,000.00 for each of the plaintiffs John Does 1 through 46, inclusive, or a total of $46,000,000.00 for compensatory damages; $10,000,000.00 for each said plaintiff in punitive damages; and $45,795,82 in costs and attorneys fees. It is ordered that said defendants are permanently enjoined from the taping, selling, advertising, distributing or otherwise disseminating the videotapes, or any part of them, or any images or pictures which have been taken or produced from them, in any fashion whatsoever, including computer data, and further compelling the defendants to turn over these videotapes and all parts of them and any images or pictures taken or produced from them, in any form including computer memory, to the plaintiffs immediately.