Triple H, Stephanie, WWE, a Bus and a Lawsuit - Settled

A long running lawsuit between two Motor Coach companies that featured Triple H, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and World Wrestling Entertainment named as third party defendants was settled out of court on 3/11. The plaintiff, Music City Coach, alleged in the January 2010 lawsuit that they were hired by defendant Star City Coach, LTD. to create a specified coach bus for the Levesque family, but there were issues with payments from Star's side with over $216,000 still owed to Music City. The total cost of the coach's modifications were $325,000, according to the suit.

How the Levesque family ended up involved in the middle of the legal wrangling is that Music City alleged that a Star City employee, Terry Sims (who had been assigned to drive the family's coach) made statements to the effect that he was working as the Levesques' "agent" while passing along orders of specifications for the coach bus by the family.

The lawsuit claimed that Sims "represented himself to Star City as an agent of the Levesques, who "never indicated he was not acting on their authority despite numerous meetings between Star City representatives and the Levesques."

The suit also claimed that the Levesques were acting "as agents" for World Wrestling Entertainment, which is how WWE was dragged into the legal process as well.

When payments were never made, the coach was seized by U.S. Marshalls and Star City claimed the Levesque family and WWE were liable for the balance owed at the time, $216,666.66.

The case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning the sides cannot bring another actionable claim against the other. According to the ruling issued by the presiding Judge, "all matters have been resolved".

The terms of the settlement were sealed but based on the legal proceedings, it appears the settlement was between the two bus companies and not any of the third parties involved.

source: pwinsider.com

The Levesques and WWE were named as third party defendants; however, they were never served in this matter. They are not a party to the settle agreement. Obviously Music City Coach and Star City Coach were trying to go after the deep pockets.