Posted on 06/17/2007 6:25:09 AM PDT by MindBender26
A group of local lawyers all went to dinner least night.
Topic was Nifong and the damages NC will pay to the accused. There are questions of sovereign immunity, of course, and other issues but we all agreed that this was only the tip of the litigious iceberg.
In the civil litigation that is sure to follow, Nifong is one target, with few dollars, etc. The real targets will be the Duke 88. These are the professors who signed the now infamous letter adjudging the lacrosse players guilty and worse. That letter was then published as a full page ad in local newspapers and reprinted across the country..
These professors acted as individuals, with no corporate protection, insurance or shield. They acted outside their employment by Duke, etc. As such, they can be attacked and picked off, one at a time, with full and unrestricted individual liability, as targets of libel, slander and false light litigation. With no insurance, they wil even have to pay for their own lawyers.
Plaintiffs are well within statute of limitations.
Of course, as soon as one professor is served, he/she will go running to his/her lawyer. Their lawyer will play “let’s make a deal” by implicating others. Then they will sue the most hated professor, which will set the high dollar damages expectation for the rest of the cases. Others will then want to settle fast.
Even better, each of the three plaintiffs cam move separately against all 88 individually. The profs will fold like a house of cards.
Lots of fun. Big dollars.
Good.
Goody.
I sure hope so...
Funny. My wife asked me this morning what was going to happen to these jerks.
Funny. My wife asked me this morning what was going to happen to these jerks.
Excellent. Put all these Commie bastards in the poor-house.
Great news...screw them into the ground! I hope they take them for all they have and their potential to make in the future.
As the kids say, suuweet:)
100 million for each of the boys after all exspences and let the lawyers get 40%! Maybe more and put the liar in jail!
“God speed to each family in their pursuit of justice against these 88, Duke, Duke Administrators, the false accuser, NC and Nifong.”
Fire them all!
Couldn’t happen to a “nicer” bunch! I hope the lacrosse players sue them for everything they’re worth.
If there were cosmic justice, the ‘88’ would be so tarnished by this action that they would be unable to keep a position in academia—much like how they attempted to destroy the reputation (and life) of the Duke Lacrosse players.
I don’t like lawyers, and I generally dislike lawsuits, but this is long past due. I hope that the Duke boys hammer ‘em.
are you kidding the liberals are already covering their backsides
http://www.concerneddukefaculty.org/
Does anyone have the text of the “Duke 88” letter? I would think the exact wording of that letter would make a huge difference in the degree of liability of these folks. If they used phrases like “These are troubling allegations, and Duke University must act on the basis of available evidence to insure the integrity of our academic environment”, then their liability would be small. My rellocation is they used much less circumscribed language though, which presumed guilt, and they may have much deeper liability.
It will be fun to watch them squirm, but I do not see them paying until after Al Sharpton pays the judgment against him.
Anybody know if that letter is reprinted on the net? I'd like to read it.
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