Pickpocket

BACKGROUND

Pickpocket is a California limited liability company which specializes in creating and producing videos for internet-based companies. On or about August 10, 2019, Glasz, Wechter and Kornai entered into an Operating Agreement for Pickpocket with Matt. Pursuant to this agreement, Matt was a member of Pickpocket and its manager.

Because we also refer to Matt’s father Danny Pittman throughout this opinion, we use the men’s first names for clarity. Further undesignated statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure.

2 On February 10, 2020, Glasz, Wechter and Kornai voted to terminate Matt as a member and manager, based on his misuse of Pickpocket funds. Among other things, Matt allegedly misused funds to “visit” Montana, to ship his personal DJ equipment to Germany, and to buy flowers for his girlfriend in Germany. Matt apparently paid back some but not all of the funds, and this lawsuit followed. On August 25, 2020, appellants’ attorney Muller sent the summons and complaint in this matter to Matt at the Montana address shown on his Montana driver’s license by certified mail, return receipt requested. The copy of the license attached to Pickpocket’s…