How to Make Friends And Influence People: Pocklington-style
by Jonathan Willis on Aug 15, 2008 10:26 AM PDT
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Peter Pocklington, Edmonton’s favourite member of the Oilers organization during its dynasty years, is in trouble again, and Dan Barnes was nice enough to tell the rest of us about it:The 66-year-old, who now lives in Indian Wells, Calif., is involved in a messy dispute over a golf equipment company, Sonartec, which he purchased with three former business partners about a year ago. One of those former partners, Toru Kamatari, is suing Pocklington for breach of contract.
The saga took a sensational turn when a U.S. Marshall and "four or five other people" showed up at Pocklington’s house "about two weeks ago," he said Thursday. Read more...
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