Bigfoot Land Services, Inc. v. Bradley Myers
What's This Case About?
Let’s be real: when you think of high-stakes drama, “landscaping equipment storage dispute” probably doesn’t top your list. But buckle up, because in the wilds of LeFlore County, Oklahoma, one man’s refusal to give back a $254,000 fleet of brush grapples, hydroseeders, and gooseneck trailers has escalated into a full-blown legal war — complete with allegations of betrayal, ghost agreements, and a former employee playing king of the junkyard like he’s running some kind of off-grid machinery monarchy. This isn’t just about lawn care. This is about power. Control. And possibly one very confused Peterbilt semi sitting on a rogue farm, wondering when it’ll see civilization again.
Meet Bigfoot Land Services, Inc., a now-defunct land-clearing company that sounds like it should be featured in a cryptid documentary but was, in fact, very real — at least until 2022. Founded in 2017 by Jimmy Ward and Casey Morgan, the company specialized in clearing massive swaths of forest for power line projects across Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. Think chainsaws the size of small cars, trucks that look like they survived the apocalypse, and equipment so expensive your average homeowner couldn’t afford a single tire. Fast-forward to June 2022: new ownership takes over, operations continue for a hot minute, then fizzle out. The company shuts down. Debts pile up. Assets need to be sold. Everyone’s trying to get paid. Except someone forgot to tell Bradley Myers, the former job site foreman and all-around company guy, that the party was over.
Because here’s where it gets juicy: back in fall 2021, while Ward and Morgan still ran the show, Bigfoot allegedly struck a deal with Myers. For $500 a month, he’d store the company’s entire fleet of heavy machinery on his property. Trailers, trucks, seeders, augers — the whole industrial yard sale — parked on private land, out of sight, out of mind. No big deal, right? Landscaping companies do this all the time. It’s like renting a storage unit, except instead of your grandma’s china, you’re stashing a $75,000 Kershaw Skytrim 75G tree trimmer. Totally normal. Except now, years later, with the company winding down and creditors circling like vultures, Bigfoot wants its toys back. And Myers? He’s not answering the gate.
According to the lawsuit, Bigfoot has been paying the $500 monthly storage fee even after shutting down operations. That’s dedication — or desperation. They’ve tried to inspect the equipment. They’ve tried to collect it. They’ve sent letters. They’ve called. They’ve probably even knocked politely on Myers’ door like, “Hey, we know this is awkward, but can we have our $254,000 worth of stuff now?” Every time? Denied. Blocked. Shut out. Then comes the kicker: Myers allegedly claims he’s holding the equipment as leverage because, he says, he had a separate compensation agreement with the original owners — Ward and Morgan — that was never fulfilled. Translation: “You guys stiffed me, so I’m keeping the truck.” Except Ward and Morgan have both said, under oath or otherwise, “Uh, no, we didn’t.” And even if they did, that doesn’t give Myers the right to turn a storage arrangement into a hostage situation.
So why are we in court? Because Bigfoot isn’t just mad — they’re legally furious. They’ve filed five (!) claims, which is like bringing a flamethrower to a campfire. First up: Breach of Contract. Simple enough — we had a deal, you took our money, but you won’t give us back our property. That’s not storage. That’s theft with a receipt. Then comes Replevin, which sounds like a medieval curse but is actually a legal tool to get your stuff back now — not after years of appeals, not after a settlement, but immediately, because someone’s unlawfully holding onto your property. Bigfoot wants the court to literally order Myers to hand over the keys to the trailers, the trucks, the hydroseeder — the whole shebang.
But wait, there’s more. Conversion — that’s lawyer-speak for “you took my property and started treating it like it’s yours.” It’s not enough that Myers won’t return the equipment; the implication is that he might be using it, or at least acting like he owns it. And if that’s true? That’s not just a breach. That’s a full-on property hijacking. Then we’ve got Unjust Enrichment — a fancy way of saying, “You got paid to store our stuff, but you didn’t do the storing, and now you’ve got both our money and our gear. That’s a double-dip, and the court should make you spit it out.” And finally, Quantum Meruit, which is Latin for “you benefited from our payments, so you owe us something in return” — basically, “We paid you for a service you didn’t provide, so give us our value back.”
Now, let’s talk numbers. $254,000. That’s not chump change. That’s a down payment on a luxury home. That’s two brand-new Ford F-350s. That’s enough to start a whole new landscaping company — which, honestly, might be exactly what Myers is thinking. The list of missing equipment reads like a yardwork superhero’s arsenal: a $60,000 Peterbilt semi, a $30,000 bucket truck, a $75,000 Skytrim that probably looks like a mechanical giraffe with a chainsaw for a neck. And let’s not forget the “all remaining tools and equipment” line, valued at $40,000, which is basically the legal equivalent of “and also, all the little stuff we can’t even list because there’s too much.” This isn’t a few rakes and a lawnmower. This is an entire operational fleet — the kind of gear that takes years to accumulate. Losing it isn’t just a financial hit. It’s a death blow to any hope of settling debts or salvaging the company’s remains.
So what do they want? Money? Kind of. But more than that, they want their property back. And if Myers has sold it, scrapped it, or turned the Turbosaw into a backyard art installation, then yes — they want every penny of that $254,000. Plus punitive damages, because they’re clearly done playing nice. Plus attorney fees, because this mess has gone on long enough. Plus interest. Plus, probably, a strongly worded apology.
Our take? The most absurd part isn’t even the dollar amount — though, let’s be honest, $254,000 in landscaping tools is a lot of mulch. It’s the sheer audacity of the power play. A former employee, holding an entire company’s assets ransom over a disputed side deal that the people involved say never existed? That’s not leverage. That’s a plot twist in a straight-to-DVD corporate thriller. We’re not saying Myers is running a covert logging empire from his backyard, but if you squint, the story writes itself: a lone operator, guarding a forest of machinery, refusing to bow to corporate demands. It’s almost poetic — if it weren’t so blatantly, legally wrong.
Look, we get it. Maybe Myers feels burned. Maybe he did extra work. Maybe he’s got receipts we haven’t seen. But here’s the thing: even if you’re owed something, you don’t get to keep a $254,000 fleet as collateral. That’s not how property law works. That’s how you get sued into oblivion. We’re rooting for accountability — not just for the return of the gear, but for the message: you can’t just decide you’re the new CEO because you have the keys. Bigfoot may be down, but it’s not out. And if Myers thinks he can just sit on a mountain of machinery and wait for the storm to pass? He’s about to learn the hard way that in court, even the little guys — or, in this case, the big equipment — have rights.
Case Overview
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Bigfoot Land Services, Inc.
business
Rep: Kelsey Frobisher Schremmer, Matthew Taylor, OVERMAN LEGAL GROUP, PLLC
- Bradley Myers individual
| # | Cause of Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breach of Contract | Defendant breached storage agreement by refusing to return stored property |
| 2 | Replevin | Defendant wrongfully detaining Plaintiff's Personal Property |
| 3 | Conversion | Defendant converted Plaintiff's Personal Property to his own use and benefit |
| 4 | Unjust Enrichment | Defendant received valuable consideration from Plaintiff without storing the equipment |
| 5 | Quantum Meruit | Defendant used and enjoyed benefits of Plaintiff's compensation without returning the Personal Property |