Posted on 04/01/2022 3:54:16 AM PDT by lowbridge
The Ohio 9th District Court of Appeals has just issued a decision in the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case.
For those of you new to the case, Gibson’s Bakery was a 5th generation family business in Oberlin, Ohio, near the Oberlin College campus. It served baked goods to the public and also to the student dining service, as well as operating a general convenience store. As with many other small businesses, student shoplifting was epidemic, as we covered, Student journalist: Shoplifting at Gibson’s Bakery was part of Oberlin College’s “Culture of Theft”
A store clerk, a member of the Gibson family, caught an Oberlin black student shoplifting, a scuffle ensued that was joined by two other Oberlin black students. When the police arrived, they arrested the students who eventually plead guilty. But before that, the college officials and students accused the bakery of racial profiling, called a boycott, suspended Gibson’s business with the college, and organized protests outside the bakery.
At the protests, a flyer was handed out, according to witnesses who testified at trial, by Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo, who also handed out stacks of flyers for others to distribute. The flyers accused the Gibsons of a long history of racial profiling, including in the incident with these shoplifters. The Gibson’s disputed that allegation and that they did anything wrong in this indicent, and requested a public apology from the college in order to repair the reputational damage, but the college refused. (To this day it never has apologized.)
Based on the actions of college officials in conveying and promoting the defamatory accusations, a lawsuit was filed, resulting in massive verdicts for the owners of the bakery, David Gibson and his father, Allyn Gibson.
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
Good news for a change!
Per the article:
“the compensatory and punitive damage awards totalling, after reduction under Ohio tort reform law, $25 million, plus over $6 million in attorney’s fees, bringing the judgment to over $32 million, and (2) the cross-appeal by Gibson’s Bakery and two members of the Gibson family (including the widow of the late David Gibson) seeking to restore the full $33 million punitive damages award, arguing the tort reform reduction was unconstitutional, which would add back about $15 million to the judgment.”
Wonderful!
This should be an inspiration to all conservatives not to take leftist slander and abuse but to fight back and sue!
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I bet the students were attending Oberlin with all bills paid - tuition, housing, food, health insurance and given a stipend. They didn’t need to steal, they just wanted to.
A right and proper ruling.
The bakery racked up $6 million in legal fees, at least according to the judgement. Not everyone has that kind of coin at their disposal to fight back with.
A just ruling for once.
Wonderful news. Sad the the two patriarchs died before they saw final justice.
I need to drive up there and spend a little money.
Six years later...
Weird how big media hasn’t talked about this in their news cycle
The award secuired on appeal by Gibsons Bakery was just over 31 million dollars, including lawyer fees and court costs on the”punitive damages” scale. The two seniors who initiated the litigation have now passed away and so they were not vindicated while alive. Whats more three elected women Appeal Court judges decided the case.Also unusual.
Oberlin is one of the most screwed up liberal fascist colleges in the West, but it has a huge endowment fund that will now take a well justified hit.
This is a contingency case. The fees will be paid by Oberlin.
Also the 6k per day interest
Makes one feel all warm and happy inside.
My only question is whether the individual who was at the heart of the lawsuit for Oberlin is still employed by said institution or not? I would look at their web site, but I am afraid of what I might see.
Not sure how costs were done in this particular case, but those may have been advanced by the law firm based on a contingent verdict as well.
The endowment is 1.09 billion. My guess is the employees are only after money, and fat catting around in life.
Sweet! The icing on the cake.
Can they use the endowment fund to pay the award? I’d be annoyed if I left them money and they used it for this purpose.
Oberlin should have its academic accreditation revoked.
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