IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRCIT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

TALLAHASSEE DIVISION

INVESTORSHUB.COM, INC., 

a Florida corporation, 

MATTHEW BROWN, 

an individual, and 

ROBERT ZUMBRUNNEN, 

an individual, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. Case No.: 4:11cv9-RH/WS

MINA MAR GROUP, INC., 

a foreign corporation, 

MINA MAR GROUP INC. (OF THE USA), 

n/k/a, EMRY CAPITAL GROUP, INC., 

a foreign corporation, and 

MIRO ZECEVIC, 

an individual, 

 Defendants. 

DEFENDANTS’ FIRST AMENDED ANSWER 

 Defendants, MINA MAR GROUP, INC., a foreign corporation, MINA MAR GROUP 

INC. (OF THE USA), n/k/a, EMRY CAPITAL GROUP, INC., a foreign corporation, and MIRO 

ZECEVIC, an individual, by and through the undersigned counsel, hereby file their Answer and 

Affirmative Defenses to Plaintiff’s Complaint, and state: 

ANSWER

 1. Denied that Defendants are engaged in libel tourism. Admitted that the 

Defendants brought claims in Canada against the Plaintiffs and others. 

 2. Admitted. 

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 3. Without knowledge. 

 4. Without knowledge. 

 5. Admitted that Plaintiff iHub hosts an Internet website. Otherwise, without 

knowledge and therefore denied. 

 6. Admitted. 

 7. Admitted. 

 8. Admitted. 

 9. Admitted only that the Plaintiffs seek such relief. 

 10. Admitted only that the Plaintiffs seek such relief. 

 11. Without knowledge. 

 12. Admitted that the Defendants recorded a cost judgment in this district. Admitted 

that Defendants sued third parties, but not the Plaintiffs, in the Circuit Court in and for Leon 

County, Florida. Otherwise, denied. 

 13. Admitted with respect to any foreign defamation judgment. 

 14. Admitted. 

 15. Without knowledge. 

 16. Without knowledge. 

 17. Without knowledge. 

18. Admitted that such an action was brought in Canada. Without specific knowledge 

as to whether iHub, Brown or Zumbrunnen posted any of the defamatory statements. 

 19. Without knowledge as to the whether the Plaintiffs were subject to the personal 

jurisdiction of the Canadian Court. The Plaintiffs, who were defendants in that action, did 

engage counsel who negotiated a resolution of the action in Canada with the Defendants. 

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 20. Admitted that a final judgment was entered. 

 21. Admitted with respect to the Costs Order. 

 22. The allegation is ambiguous and therefore denied. 

 23. The allegation is ambiguous and therefore denied. 

 24. Without knowledge. 

 25. Without knowledge. 

 26. Without knowledge. 

 27. Denied with respect to the Costs Order. 

 28. Denied. 

 29. Denied, because no effort has been made to enforce the judgment. Only the Costs 

Order has been filed. 

 30. Denied. 

 31. Denied. 

 32. Without knowledge. 

 33. Admitted only that they seek such a declaration. 

COUNT I

 34. The allegations in the referenced paragraphs are admitted or denied as set forth 

herein. 

 35. Denied. 

 36. Admitted. 

 37. Denied that the foreign judgment was filed. Admitted that the costs order was 

filed. 

38. Without knowledge. 

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 39. Without knowledge. 

 40. Generally without knowledge, but denied to the extent that a Plaintiff filed 

affidavits in Canada. 

 41. Without knowledge. 

 42. Admitted that Plaintiffs seek declaratory relief. 

 Defendants deny that Plaintiffs are entitled to the relief sought. 

COUNT II

 43. The allegations in the referenced paragraphs are admitted or denied as set forth 

herein. 

 44. Denied. 

 45. Admitted. 

 46. Denied that the foreign judgment was filed. Admitted that the costs order was 

filed. 

 47. Without knowledge. 

 48. Without knowledge. 

 49. Generally without knowledge, but denied to the extent that a Plaintiff filed 

affidavits in Canada. 

 50. Without knowledge. 

 51. Admitted that Plaintiffs seek declaratory relief. 

 Defendants deny that Plaintiffs are entitled to the relief sought. 

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 Respectfully submitted this 7th day of April, 2011. 

 MESSER, CAPARELLO & SELF, P.A. 

 s\Thomas M. Findley .

 Thomas M. Findley 

 Florida Bar Number: 0797855 

 Email: tfindley@lawfla.com

 Richard B. Akin, II 

 Florida Bar No.: 0068112 

 Email: rakin@lawfla.com 

 P.O. Box 15579 

 Tallahassee, Florida 32317 

 Telephone: (850) 222-0720 

 Facsimile: (850) 224-4359 

 Attorney for Defendants 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been delivered by 

Electronic Transmission to Deanna K. Shullman, Esq., Thomas & Locicero, PL, 8461 Lake 

Worth Rd., Suite 242, Lake Worth, FL 33467, dshullman@tlolawfirm.com and Paul R. 

McAdoo, Esq., Thomas & Locicero, PL, 400 North Ashley Dr., Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33602, 

pmcadoo@tlolawfirm.com, on this 7th day of April, 2011. 

 

 s\Thomas M. Findley .

 Thomas M. Findley 

 

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