[WASCWatch]

Actually, she didn’t have to sue the NYT in Mew York. She could have sue in prettyuch any US District Court in the Country since the NYT is sold in every State in the Country.

I’ve wondered why she or her attorneys didn’t select a much more favorable state.

Once a case goes to a jury, a judge almost never dismissed the case prior to a verdict. If a judge decides to dismiss on a JNOV after the verdict,the appeals court has something on which to base the jury verdict and damages awarded.

[Alberta's Child]

I said from the beginning that Palin would never win this case — for all the reasons posted here on this thread about the high threshold for proving a defamation case involving a public figure. I’m really surprised it even went to trial.

With that in mind, I’m wondering if this was simply Palin’s way of humiliating the NYT by exposing its staff as a bunch of political hacks and incompetent misfits.