[Alberta's Child]

The one thing here that makes me wonder about the facts of the case is that the county and the ADL board paid the Quigleys more than $400,000 to settle previous lawsuits that didn't even involve the defamation allegation. There may be more to this story that we don't know about.

[docmcb]

The Aaronsons clearly didn't just happen to overhear their neighbors' phone conversation and happen to have a tape recorder handy. They presumably were listening a LOT to their neighbors' conversations and were prepared to tape what they heard. Legal or not, I find that at least as offensive as what the Quigley's said, and I'll bet the jury did also.