Fife wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 5:26 pm
2x compensatory is the cap on punitives in Ohio.
Another tasty goodie: the school was also ordered to pay the plaintiffs' attorney fees. The trial judge will determine the dollar amount to be awarded at a separate hearing. Pour it on.
Fife wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 5:26 pm
2x compensatory is the cap on punitives in Ohio.
Another tasty goodie: the school was also ordered to pay the plaintiffs' attorney fees. The trial judge will determine the dollar amount to be awarded at a separate hearing. Pour it on.
Ph64 wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:18 am
Always a "smart" idea... Before the jury decides on an award, publish an email to the world calling them idiots for deciding you were guilty. Certain to go over well with the jury - I know it would "maximize results" with me if I was on that jury. "Are you sure we can't penalize them more? An extra $22mil just doesn't seem enough to drive the point home to these idiots.".
Something tells me that might be the point. Get an amount so ridiculous they don't even begin to pay it or it gets appealed into little to nothing. Can they really be that dumb otherwise?
Ph64 wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:18 am
Always a "smart" idea... Before the jury decides on an award, publish an email to the world calling them idiots for deciding you were guilty. Certain to go over well with the jury - I know it would "maximize results" with me if I was on that jury. "Are you sure we can't penalize them more? An extra $22mil just doesn't seem enough to drive the point home to these idiots.".
Something tells me that might be the point. Get an amount so ridiculous they don't even begin to pay it or it gets appealed into little to nothing. Can they really be that dumb otherwise?
You are asking if academics can really be so stupid? The answer is: yes, they most certainly can be.
Next course of action is to triple down on it and publish articles to the effect that academic freedom and the first amendment are under assault.
I'm glad they went after the school. Maybe the board of regents will make some changes after they write a 20 Million dollar check from their endowment.
