I think one of Steyn’s lawyers has already indicated they will use this as an appeal. If successful it would lower Simburg’s penalty to $4 and Steyn’s to $4,000
Whether successful or not, these amounts will not be a dent in the cost of Mann’s legal team costs. Though Mann is not on the hook for any costs at all, as he testified in court, he has not paid for any legal fees regarding his litigation.
>If successful it would lower Simburg’s penalty to $4 and Steyn’s to $4,000<
It looks like the total actual damages were $1. Split between the defendants, that would be 50 cents each, making both punitive damage awards $2.
Mann sued Tim Ball for the same thing in Canada. Ball chose to argue the science aspect, Mann refused to turn over his fraudulent data and Ball won.
Steyn was not allowed to argue the climate change aspect by an earlier ruling by this judge. Steyn was metaphorically handcuffed because there is no way Mann will ever turn over the data.
Mann did not have to pay one cent to bring this suit. He has dark money, deep pockets backers who paid the freight. He was either hoping for a settlement or just trying to drag it out for so long that Steyn was bankrupted. Steyn is bankrupted without the verdict so the punishment worked either way. That should be the crime.
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