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Frank said that the SunCal lawsuit took its toll.

“They are from a different planet,” Frank said. “We came to dislike them a great deal. We knew they had a nuisance value.”

Eventually, Frank’s partnership ended up settling with SunCal, but it had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in the legal fight. “They got some money from us to go away,” Frank said.

SunCal spokesman Joe Aguirre confirmed that the lawsuit was settled, but he did not disclose the details.