Jury awards $11.3M over defamatory Internet posts
By: Pam On: Oct/10/06 - 2 Comments
Shocking? No, and it will be appealed when some attornies see this and decide to take the case:
In 2003, Scheff sued Bock for defamation. Bock hired a lawyer, but he left the case when she no longer could afford to pay him.
When Katrina hit in August 2005, Bock’s house was flooded and she moved temporarily to Texas before returning to Louisiana last June. Court papers that Scheff and her attorney David H. Pollack mailed to Bock were returned to Pollack’s office in Miami.
After Bock didn’t offer a defense, a Broward Circuit Court judge found in favor of Scheff. A jury then heard Scheff’s arguments about damages. Pollack did not seek a specific amount for the harm he says Scheff’s business suffered.
October 12, 2006 - 11:41 AM on October 12th, 2006
WHY ARE PEOPLE SHOCKED BY THE AMOUNT AWARDED. FOR YEARS AND YEARS WE’VE BEEN PRONE TO FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS. I REFER TO THE THE TOBACCO SUINGS, THE “HOT COFFEE” AT MCDONALDS AND SO ON. IF WE KEEP ALLOWING LAWYERS TO BRING SUIT THEN WE ARE IN TROUBLE.
October 12, 2006 - 11:50 AM on October 12th, 2006
I don’t think we are shocked at the amount awarded..I do think that people would be shocked at the number of these high dollar amounts that are over-turned on appeal.