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2024-02-10 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Steyn, Simberg Found Liable in Mann Suit

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Posted by trailing wife 2024-02-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [20 views ] Top

#1 Better chance of a accused black man getting fair trial in the Deep South of the 30's than anyone right of Karl Marx getting a fair trial in DC.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-02-10 06:43|| 2024-02-10 06:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Whatever happened to the Mann vs. Steyn suit in Canada - where the level of proof is somewhat lower?

Posted by Bobby 2024-02-10 08:25|| 2024-02-10 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Are you thinking of the Dr. Tim Ball lawsuit in British Columbia, Bobby? The court dismissed it in 2019, and Professor Mann had to pay Ball’s legal costs.

Dr. Tim Ball Defeats Michael ‘Hockey Stick' Mann's Climate Lawsuit.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-02-10 10:03|| 2024-02-10 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Incidentally, Watts Up With That links to an analysis that points out

In a statement, a spokesperson for Steyn said the $1 damages award proves the jury found Mann didn’t suffer any losses.

“We always said that Mann never suffered any actual injury from the statement at issue. And today, after twelve years, the jury awarded him one dollar in compensatory damages,” said Steyn’s manager, Melissa Howes. “The punitive damage award of one million dollars will have to face due process scrutiny under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has indicated that punitive damages awards 10 times greater than compensatory damages awards are generally unconstitutional.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-02-10 10:06|| 2024-02-10 10:06|| Front Page Top

#5 I think the more serious problem is the rationale presented by Mann's attorney for the excessive punitive damages.

Paraphrasing, he said the figure was effectively to discourage any potential 'climate deniers' in the future.

Or, so much for free speech in the DC hive mind.

Posted by Cesare 2024-02-10 10:51|| 2024-02-10 10:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Rand Simberg will likely bow out at this point. After all 1,001 $US is probably what he spent just staying in DC for the trial! Steyn is now the last man standing.

Still, this case is the very reason that the SLAPP laws were passed. You would have to be be wilfully blind to miss it.

Posted by magpie 2024-02-10 11:56|| 2024-02-10 11:56|| Front Page Top

#7 "Willfully blind"

I have found there is little imrovement with age.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-02-10 12:17|| 2024-02-10 12:17|| Front Page Top

#8 "Willfully blind"

I have found there is little imrovement with age.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-02-10 12:17|| 2024-02-10 12:17|| Front Page Top

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