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Oberlin College Sues Insurance Companies for Refusing to Reimburse $40 Million Settlement Paid to Bakery for False Racism Accusations
National Review ^ | Aug 7, 2023 | Brittany Bernstein

Posted on 08/08/2023 5:20:21 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Oberlin College is embarking on another legal battle now that it has finally paid out $36.59 million in damages to a local bakery for falsely accusing the business owners of racism. This time, the college is suing four of its insurance providers after they failed to reimburse the school for the multimillion-dollar judgment in the Gibson Bakery’s case.

After a years long legal battle, Oberlin agreed to pay the massive sum to the bakery in September 2022.

Gibson’s Bakery sued the college in 2017, accusing the school and one of its administrators of hurting its business and libeling it over an incident in which the son of the bakery owner stopped three black Oberlin College students, one of whom was stealing wine bottles from the store, in November 2016.....

The lawsuit alleges Lexington and United Educators allegedly “engaged in a systematic, multi-year effort to avoid their coverage obligations by attempting to shift responsibility from the Gibson lawsuit to each other,” other insurance companies or the college.

Lexington and United Educators “both had numerous pretrial opportunities to resolve the underlying litigation for a small fraction of the eventual verdict” and could have settled the case for for less than $10 million before the trial, the school alleges. The college claims it even told the insurance companies to do so....

“If it is established that the defendants knew the alleged statements were false, or if the defendants knew their alleged acts would violate plaintiffs’ rights, the Lexington policy would exclude coverage for any resultant damage.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: bakery; oberlin; oberlincollege; ohio; racism
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Oberlin spectating sport, round 2.


21 posted on 08/08/2023 6:01:28 AM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: oldplayer

Maybe the insurance company can terminate the policy entirely.


22 posted on 08/08/2023 6:02:10 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

In general, if the insured proactively does something that causes the loss, then the insurance will not pay for it.


23 posted on 08/08/2023 6:05:01 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Glad to see a college get seriously financially hurt by their criminal and racist actions.

Now we just have abouy a 1,000 more colleges and universities to go.


24 posted on 08/08/2023 6:12:45 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

LOVE this!


25 posted on 08/08/2023 6:14:39 AM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: RoosterRedux

“Insurance companies are notoriously good at writing their policies”

You mean aa very carefully crafted, only under particular circumstances, payment plan?

That’s what “Insurance” is, isn’t it?
Kind of expected if that’s their business.


26 posted on 08/08/2023 6:27:25 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: joma89

This!!!!!!!!!!


27 posted on 08/08/2023 6:28:02 AM PDT by bantam
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

So they think the insurance company should cover their stupidity? Ah liberals, is there any level they won’t stoop?


28 posted on 08/08/2023 6:30:13 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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To: Liberty Ship

Kollege endowments enjoy a double tax break...

Tax deductible for donors (so they give more), and tax-free investment income (so they keep more).


29 posted on 08/08/2023 6:35:35 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: Macoozie

Well put.


30 posted on 08/08/2023 6:44:19 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
After a years long legal battle, Oberlin agreed to pay the massive sum to the bakery in September 2022.

Massive? I wish it had been a hundred million... or five hundred million.

31 posted on 08/08/2023 6:44:51 AM PDT by GOPJ (Crystal ball reading used to be confined to carnivals... now the bedrock of MSM news outlets.)
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To: Liberty Ship

oh yeah. How are they able to amass that fortune?
Shouldn’t they be giving all their money away to poor minorities?


32 posted on 08/08/2023 6:53:27 AM PDT by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Hope the insurance companies win their legal fees, and interest. Hope many insurers drop Oberlin at first chance and that their premiums skyrocket.


33 posted on 08/08/2023 6:55:32 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris events are called dodo ops)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I don’t understand why this case was not settled immediately. Any facts were known at the time, why did not these insurance cos. force the insured to settle? If they attempted to do that and Oberlin refused and decided to fight until the bitter end, well that’s TOO BAD SO SAD. NOT. Suffer you commies, it brings my heart joy!


34 posted on 08/08/2023 7:03:30 AM PDT by jocon307 (Democrats delenda est.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yes. Insurance companies have better lawyers than wokey colleges do.


35 posted on 08/08/2023 7:05:09 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Liberty Ship

Endowments aren’t what you may think they are. If you donate $10 million to a university endowment, your lawyer will advise you to draft an agreement that explicitly obligates the university to return the money to you or your estate if it is used for anything other than its stated purpose. The university doesn’t technically “own” its endowment funds. It holds them in trust to help the institution fulfill the noble wishes of its benefactors.


36 posted on 08/08/2023 7:43:47 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.”)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

You have to wait for your munnay? Just think how that little tiny family business felt, oh high and mighty university administrators, who callously dealt social justice with other people’s money.


37 posted on 08/08/2023 8:26:05 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: DeplorablePaul
Raimondo clearly thought she could call out the Red Guard to Mau Mau the bakery into submission. Too bad she was personally responsible for damages.

Do you mean wasn't? She was a defendant in the suit, but the court ordered Oberlin to pay it all. She got a job an another university immediately. The university commooonity has no shame.

38 posted on 08/08/2023 8:31:49 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: joma89
Now we just have abouy a 1,000 more colleges and universities to go.

Only 1,000?

How Many Universities & Colleges are in the US?

39 posted on 08/08/2023 8:34:25 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Idiots continue to be idiots.

Insurance is for accidents, not for intentional malicious behavior, which this scumbag college engaged in.


40 posted on 08/08/2023 8:41:49 AM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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