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2019-07-19 Home Front: Culture Wars

Judge hits Oberlin with $6.5M in attorney's fees after college loses libel case

[Wash Times] A judge has awarded about $6.5 million in attorney's fees and court costs to Gibson's Bakery, the family-owned Ohio doughnut shop that won a $25 million judgment against Oberlin College over protests accusing the business of racism.

Lorain County Judge John Miraldi made the ruling on fees Wednesday, bringing the total award against Oberlin to nearly $32 million. Oberlin attorneys have indicated that they plan to appeal, according to the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram.

Last month, Gibson's Bakery won a $44 million jury verdict for libel and wrongful business interference over Oberlin's involvement in student protests that labeled the bakery racist after three black students were arrested for shoplifting in November 2016.

The $44 million judgment was later reduced to $25 million under Ohio's tort-cap law, but the enormous award has fueled a debate over the responsibility of colleges in protecting student free speech versus promoting an overheated social-justice protest narrative.

Posted by Frank G 2019-07-19 11:45|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top

#1 Oberlin is finished.

$32m will eat up most of their operating budget. Note that you can't use the endowment to fund operations because the endowment has strings attached by the donors: "use my money ONLY for research," or to build science labs or engineering buildings etc.

This means Oberlin won't be able to offer financial aid to would-be SJW applicants to Oberlin, which means that the only way out of Oberlin's financial hole is to attract super-wealthy applicants willing to drop nearly half a million $$$$ on a buttwipe BA gained through 4+ years of SJW nonsense.

There are plenty such people, but they will not be going to Oberlin - they can go to any of 20+ little liberal arts colleges that are more financially-stable than Oberlin.

Oberlin is toast.

Posted by Lex 2019-07-19 12:00|| 2019-07-19 12:00|| Front Page Top

#2 For the curious, a Q&A with Lee Plakas, super-lawyer who won the suit for defamation (and tortious interference in their business) on behalf of the shopkeepers, the Gibson family of Oberlin:
http://www.lawlion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/FAQs-re-Gibsons-Bakery-v.-Oberlin-College.pdf

Posted by Lex 2019-07-19 12:18|| 2019-07-19 12:18|| Front Page Top

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