Appeals Court Upholds Gibson’s Bakery Massive Verdict Against Oberlin College

legalinsurrection.com ^ | March 31, 2022

[Guenevere]

Good news for a change!

[tired&retired]

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.”

[Chickensoup]

Wonderful!

This should be an inspiration to all conservatives not to take leftist slander and abuse but to fight back and sue!

[griswold3]

Sahweet

[Cowgirl of Justice]

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.

[PubliusMM]

A right and proper ruling.

[coloradan]

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.

[tennmountainman]

A just ruling for once.

[americas.best.days...]

Wonderful news. Sad the the two patriarchs died before they saw final justice.

I need to drive up there and spend a little money.

[USS Alaska]

Six years later...

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Weird how big media hasn’t talked about this in their news cycle

[Candor7]

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.

[Chickensoup]

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.

[kg_mobster]

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.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

The case was a contingency case so the plaintiffs didn't have to actually foot all those fees up front. The way it works when you're seeking legal fees is that the lawyers track their work, apply a reasonable hourly rate, and then that can be added to the verdict if there are punitive damages awarded. The latter point is because you can only get non-statutory fees if punitive damages are deemed appropriate.

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.

[healy61]

The endowment is 1.09 billion. My guess is the employees are only after money, and fat catting around in life.

[Flick Lives]

Sweet! The icing on the cake.

[Chicory]

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.

[Carl Vehse]

Oberlin should have its academic accreditation revoked.