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Old 03-21-2008 | 08:48 AM
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Found this in the Honolulu Advertiser in the article about Aloha's bankruptcy:

"The bankruptcy comes as Aloha is suing go! for misusing confidential information to try to drive it out of business. Aloha has alleged that Mesa used proprietary records to launch go!

A similar lawsuit by Hawaiian Airlines resulted in an $80 million judgment against Mesa.

In that lawsuit, Hawaiian's lawyers disclosed e-mails in which Mesa's chief financial officer at the time, Peter Murnane, stated: "We definitely don't want to wait for (Aloha) to die, rather we should be the ones who give them the last push."

Ornstein previously denied that Mesa attempted to drive Aloha out of business. Ornstein testified that his company attempted to invest $20 million in Aloha.

Aloha's suit will go to trial in October.

"If Aloha wins their lawsuit, the damages are going to be enormous," said Forman, the aviation industry historian. "Mesa doesn't have enough money to pay those damages."

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ap...WS01/803210393

How's that sound?

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