This case is about a lead guitarist for the Heavy Metal Band Emergency Crew, Derrick Fleming,
better known as Flame, which had been cranking out gold records and selling out concerts since
the late 1980’s. Victoria, Flame’s wife, managed her husband’s finances until their daughter, Golden
was born in 1997.
No matter who his side players were, the band’s manager Flame made it a policy to split all
record royalties and concert revenues equally among the three band members. Since Emergency
Crew headlined the Heavy Metal Millennium concert, both the band and the Fleming family have
been on a downslide. Flame recently fired drummer Rex Ales, claiming he could no longer trust
him. Keyboardist Blaine Niles remains with the Band, but refuses all interviews about the breakup