jury verdict overturned on legal technicality by LCD ..... Injustice, Fraud & Crime Watch
Date: 8/7/2004 8:06:32 PM ( 21 y ago)
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JURY VERDICT OVERTURNED
ON LEGAL TECHNICALITY
Welcome to the online news
source for anyone who drinks milk or consumes other dairy products…and depends
on the news media to report suspected health concerns accurately and honestly.
Here you will find
behind-the-scenes details about how a large share of America’s milk supply has
quietly become adulterated with the effects of a synthetic hormone (bovine
growth hormone, or BGH) secretly injected into cows…and how pressure from the
hormone maker Monsanto led Fox TV to fire two of its award-winning reporters
and sweep under the rug much of what they discovered but were never allowed to
broadcast.
After a five-week trial and six hours of deliberation which ended August 18, 2000, a Florida state court jury unanimously determined that Fox "acted intentionally and deliberately to falsify or distort the plaintiffs' news reporting on BGH." In that decision, the jury also found that Jane's threat to blow the whistle on Fox's misconduct to the FCC was the sole reason for the termination... and the jury awarded $425,000 in damages which makes her eligible to apply for reimbursement for all court costs, expenses and legal fees.
Fox appealed
and prevailed February 14, 2003 when an appeals court issued a ruling
reversing the jury, accepting a defense argument that had been rejected by
three other judges on at least six separate occasions.
CLICK HERE for more details on
latest ruling.
CLICK HERE to view how Fox13
reported the ruling.
The whistle-blowing
journalists, twice refused Fox offers of big-money deals to keep quiet about
what they knew, filed their landmark lawsuit April 2, 1998 and survived three
Fox efforts to have their case summarily dismissed. It is the first time
journalists have used a whistleblower law to seek a legal remedy for being
fired by for refusing to distort the news. Steve and Jane are now
considering an appeal to the Florida state Supreme Court.
The journalists happen to be married to each other and this website,
created by their friend and former television news producer Jon Duffey, was
posted on the day the whistleblower suit was filed. It continues to provide
details of the suit and subsequent appeals, as well as recent developments
regarding rBGH and other genetically engineered foods.
Click the buttons to the right to learn more about this lawsuit and the controversy surrounding milk and other genetically modified foods and how they are being covered in the media, learn what you can do to help, and even post your own thoughts on our Bulletin Board. New developments in the journalists’ lawsuit and the latest important news about BGH and GE foods and media coverage issues are posted regularly. You are invited to return often and click the blue box at the top of this page to keep up to date with these important issues.
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