Lance Armstrong defeated cancer, so don't expect him to fall short in the courtroom.
The former cyclist, who was ordered to pay SCA Promotions $10 million in sanctions, is asking a court in Dallas to throw out an arbitration ruling from February. His attorneys made the request in a 67-page filing.
Clearly, Armstrong's antics did not sit well with SCA Promotions attorney Jeff Tillotson.
"Armstrong is making the same arguments that were rejected numerous times in the past," Tillotson told USA TODAY Sports. "We intend on getting the award confirmed and then collecting on it. Armstrong's long race to avoid responsibility is at an end."
Armstrong was subjected to a 2-1 ruling in February for an "unparalleled pageant of international perjury, fraud and conspiracy," much to the chagrin of his attorneys.
"The panel's issuance of sanctions at this late juncture violates well-established Texas public policies, which favor settlements and arbitrations for efficient and final resolution of disputes, finality of judgments, and the right of corporations to wind up their businesses," Armstrong's attorneys wrote.
Ted Lyon, one of the three panelists in the ruling, echoed that sentiment.
"The majority's sanction is an unwarranted, unlawful reversal of a settlement agreement that was made and effectuated nine years ago," Lyon wrote. "There is an old saying that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck."
"This is a duck and it is no more or less than SCA trying to overturn an agreement SCA voluntarily entered into in February 2006 to get its money back because Armstrong lied about performance enhancing drugs in the 2005-2006 proceedings."
To make matters worse, Armstrong still faces a civil fraud suit by the federal government that will cost him upwards of $100 million.
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