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The award is the largest defamation verdict in Ohio history.

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Oberlin must pay record $31M award to bakery it defamed as racist, says appeals court.

A record $31 million award to a mom and pop bakery that accused a liberal Ohio college of ruining its business with false accusations of racism has been upheld by a state appeals court.

Gibson's Bakery, a 135-year-old family business near the campus of Oberlin College, was initially awarded more than $40 million in punitive and compensatory damages in the aftermath of a 2016 incident in which the owner's son confronted three black Oberlin students who were stealing wine from the store. Although the suspects were arrested and later admitted they were shoplifting, the episode touched off school-sanctioned protests and accusations of racism that crippled the store's business.

"At trial, it was absolutely clear to the jury (as reflected by the verdict) that there was not a shred of truth in the vicious statements about the Gibsons and that the College caused the devastating harm," the law firm representing the Gibson family said after winning the case. "The truth prevailed."

The initial award by Lorain County Judge John Miraldi in 2019 was later reduced to $25 million plus $6 million in legal fees. In the latest development, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit unanimously upheld the award.

Despite the students' guilt, Oberlin College and key officials, including its vice president and dean of students, accused the bakery of racial profiling, claiming that owner David Gibson and other employees assaulted the students and had a history of racism. At trial, the jury heard evidence that college officials distributed flyers containing the false accusations and encouraged students to boycott and protest the store.

Oberlin, a small liberal arts college in northern Ohio, has long been known for left-wing politics. Alumni include actress Lena Dunham, former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, liberal activist Nan Aron, Chicago Seven member Jerry Rubin, former Amnesty International head William Schulz, and a host of notable journalists. But one alumna, conservative pundit Michelle Malkin, was not sorry to see her alma mater punished.


"For decades, grievance-mongering Oberlin elites have bullied and defamed innocent white people without consequences in their multicultural Ohio enclave," Malkin wrote in a 2019 Daily Signal column titled "I’m an Oberlin Graduate. They Had It Coming." "False racial allegations and toxic identity politics are the bread and butter of Oberlin campus life."


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...-it-defamed-as-racist-says-appeals-court

Left wing college??

Isn't that redundant?

Most of the time that is redundant but there are exceptions.

Sure is. We need to quit funding these liberal institutions with tax payer money. Let them live off their huge endowments.

I hope they get paid.

this give me an erection

Why the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit? Miss print? Ohio is in the 6th Circuit.

Think of a sliding scale. Oberlin is off the chart!

Wondered the same thing

I caught that too...

YES !

YES !

Good. This is the only way to fight these bastards. Sue them and take them to court over and over and over. Every single time they cross the line.

This is also why the constitution is so important. If they make it legal to pull their bullschit we are done.

I believe it should read the 9TH District Court of Appeals.

9th circuit? Just trying to give credit to another left wing organization?

Exactly.... BUT - that was the 9th Circuit.... I'd lay bets Oberlin will quickly appeal.. It ain't over.

Oberlin's appeal would have to go to the state supreme court.

The sate supreme court only accepts civil cases if it has great public or general interest.This case may not qualify.This case had a lot of media attention but that doesn't mean it will be accepted.

State university - state supreme court?

When I see those liberal pundits on TV flapping their gums I have to think: How many years of college do did you have to take to get that stupid ?

I have to think the more years of college a person takes the more stupid they get. Especially if it's journalism or law.

kwg

Indeed!! Let the avalanche BEGIN!!