Posted on 11/15/2019 5:42:01 PM PST by Morgana
The ABC News / Food Lion ruling should prevail here. That would mean that Daleiden should only be fined $1 for trespass.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that even though ABC was wrong to do what they had done, Food Lion was not suing for defamation, but rather for tort as a way to get around the strict First Amendment standards for defamation. Food Lion did this because the company was not contesting the truth of anything ABC reported in the broadcast.
The same thing is happening here. Did Planned Parenthood contest the truth of anything that Daleiden reported? The lawsuit alleged fraud, trespass, breach of conduct, and eavesdropping, but top Planned Parenthood witnesses spent six weeks testifying under oath that the undercover videos are true.
If the courts mess with precedent and award millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood, does that suddenly let Food Lion reopen their $5.5 million judgment against ABC News?
How can one get away with $2 while the other is fined millions for the exact same thing?
This should be appealed to the Supreme Court based on the prior Fourth Circuit ruling on a similar case.
-PJ
What a DISGRACE!! These JURORS are eithor DUMB, EVIL or have had ABORTIONS!!
In a sensible world that would be a given.
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