05-01-2012, 12:34 PM
$13.8 Million Defamation Verdict
When scumbags like George Gollin and his cronies post lies about people on the internet, they really ought to think twice about what they say. Unlike the defendants in Texas, who probably don't have 13 nickels to rub together, the taxpayers of Illinois have lots of money available to pay off multi-million dollar defamation verdicts.
Let's hope that Dr. Dolphin and everyone else who has been damaged by stalkers and lying scumbags like George Gollin get $13.8 million of Illinois taxpayers' money to play with.
Quote:A Texas couple who filed a defamation lawsuit over three years ago against anonymous posters on the Internet forum Topix.com won a $13.8 million judgment from a jury.
..."If the award is upheld, then people will think twice about what they say," he said.
...Rhonda Lesher was running a successful day spa and her husband is a prominent attorney. But comments on Topix, which have no basis in fact, Mark Lesher said when the suit was filed, accused the couple of murder, encouraging pedophilia, drug abuse and other crimes that materially attack their characters.
When scumbags like George Gollin and his cronies post lies about people on the internet, they really ought to think twice about what they say. Unlike the defendants in Texas, who probably don't have 13 nickels to rub together, the taxpayers of Illinois have lots of money available to pay off multi-million dollar defamation verdicts.
Let's hope that Dr. Dolphin and everyone else who has been damaged by stalkers and lying scumbags like George Gollin get $13.8 million of Illinois taxpayers' money to play with.