Tracy Smith

The lawyers had come to a deal and Imad and Robert were going to get together to hammer out the details.

Robert wanted to meet here at his vineyard.

Emad and Robert were there in person.

Their attorneys joined them on a conference call.

It was eerily calm.

But then Robert Dahl rocked the boat.

And he said, well, I don't give an S what the lawyers negotiated.

This is my offer.

What seemed to be a nearly done deal suddenly started unraveling.

The lawyers felt it was a breakdown that Emad and Robert should deal with themselves.

So both lawyers got off the phone.

Both expected to hear right back from their clients.

You thought Imad lost it.

I thought Imad lost it.

We both thought that.

On March 16th, 2015, Imad Tofilis and Robert Dahl had finally gotten together to try to settle their ugly dispute.

They'd been meeting one-on-one in a room inside that barn over there at Dahl Vineyard.

The lawyers were on the phone on a conference call, but just a few moments after everything started, they hit a snag.

But something went wrong.

Clearly they can't come to an agreement down there in the vineyard.