Posted on 01/20/2014 2:43:58 PM PST by Lorianne
The story of Davis' unusual lawsuit was recounted by the San Antonio Express News Monday. The blog Sara for America has highlights:
Davis said in her lawsuit that the newspaper ran a series of contrived and false news stories and editorials with malicious intent.
The lawsuit said defamatory and libelous remarks were made to inflict emotional distress and to deny her rights to free speech, assembly and association.
It said that Davis has suffered and is continuing to suffer damages to her mental health, her physical health, her right to pursue public offices in the past and in the future, and to her legal career. She sought unspecified damages, including significant exemplary damages.
According to National Review's Andrew Stiles, "The suit...was quickly dismissed by a district-court judge, who sustained all of the defendants objections, largely on the grounds that Davis had failed to present legitimate evidence to support her libel claim." She appealed it all the way to the Texas Supreme Court, losing at every turn.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I hope. So far he’s got my vote.
They sell rope at the hardware stores don’t they? Nothign but a side show freak.
Indeed. Thanks for the ping!
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