Dallas Morning News: How a Dallas man got $1 million thanks to a promise scribbled on a cocktail napkin

The Dallas Morning News reported on Brian Hail's $1 million cocktail napkin case today.

A million-dollar settlement struck over the weekend in a Dallas County lawsuit would have been unremarkable if not for the cocktail napkin.

Jonathan Kolniak sued his former employer in March 2017 over a claim he was owed more than $9 million for his equity stake in his old employer. The paperwork for that agreement between Kolniak and ex-boss James Ballengee was scribbled out on a cocktail napkin from the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek.

"The lesson to be learned is you need to be careful what you put down in writing and sign, no matter what the circumstance," Hail said.  

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