You ask:...

"Anyone out there know at what point in the preceedings an actual dollar amount is attached to the legal complaint for public viewing?"...

In a case like this, probably never...

Part of the explanation lies in the answer to the question you posed just before the one above, which read as follows:...

"However I really don't have any idea how hard core DM will be or the size of the judgements."

Complaints like the one DM filed against VIVITAR rarely have a "shotgun" approach to stating the measure of damages sought against defendants. Bearing in mind that DM has no say in what a "Judgement" in the case may be, (it depends on a Jury or a Judge as to what a Judgement is), as attorneys for plaintiff they can certainly ask for 9 figure damages to be awarded if they can put numbers on a blackboard and convince the trier of the facts,(be it a jury or a judge), to award them such damages...

One thing you can be certain of, and that is DM will be very "Hard core" in seeking damages from any defendants they go after. They did sign a contingency fee contract with provision to "Advance the costs" to settle for $100,000 dollars like the Fujitsue case...

As to what DM will do in placing actual numbers for "DAMAGES SOUGHT" in each complaint they file, all you have to do is to look at the "PRAYER" at the end of each complaint. My guess is that it may differ depending on what DM is trying to accomplish with each law suit...

In complicated cases, with multiple issues and/or defendants, where damages are subject to discovery and not easily ascertained at the start, the complaints seek damages "Subject to proof at time of trial" thus leaving the door open to "negotiation and settlement" as the case progresses toward trial...

Hope this answers some of your questions...

Gil...