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Oberlin College asks for mistrial in Gibson's case
The Morning Journal ^ | 6/11/19 | Keith Reynolds

Posted on 06/11/2019 3:37:34 PM PDT by jeannineinsd

Attorneys for Oberlin College and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo moved for a mistrial June 11 in a libel suit brought against them by Gibson’s Food Mart and Bakery.

On June 7, a Lorain County Common Pleas Court jury awarded the plaintiffs $11 million.

The jury was scheduled to hear the punitive portion of the trial, but attorneys for Oberlin College produced five motions to the court moments before they were to return to the courtroom.

Because of this, Common Pleas Judge John R. Miraldi called a recess while he reviewed the motions and released the jury for the day.

In making his oral motion asking for the mistrial, Ronald D. Holman II claimed the case could not go forward because Miraldi did not require the jurors to break down their June 7 rulings on compensatory damage by each claim.

This same jury has ruled the College and Raimondo committed libel against David R. Gibson, his father, Allyn W. Gibson, and their business, Gibson Bros. Inc., which owns Gibson's Food Mart and Bakery.

They also found Oberlin College had inflicted intentional emotion distress again David and Allyn Gibson and that Raimondo interfered with the business relationship between Gibson Bros. Inc. and the College.

The jury awarded $5.8 million in compensatory damages to David Gibson, $3 million to Allyn Gibson and $2,274,500 to Gibson Bros. Inc., which operates the bakery.

Holman argued the lack of a breakdown of how much money was based on which claim would make it impossible for Miraldi to instruct the jury on how much money they could award in punitive damages.

Miraldi did not rule on the motion from the bench. The trial is scheduled to continue at 10 a.m. June 12.

(Excerpt) Read more at morningjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: gibsonsbakery; oberlin; ohio
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To: jeannineinsd

I’ll spare linking a photo of Meredith Raimondo. Let’s just say she is the poster child of the as “ugly on the outside as the inside”


41 posted on 06/11/2019 6:04:21 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: SecondAmendment
I believe that. California-yes, California-three separate times voted down sodomite mirage in their state, so the sodomites took it to their courts to go behind the peoples’ backs and get their way.
42 posted on 06/11/2019 6:27:59 PM PDT by mrsmel (I wonÂ’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: jeannineinsd

The sooner they are BK the better America will be


43 posted on 06/11/2019 6:30:48 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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Update! The Judge denied the request for mistrial. The update is at the link.
44 posted on 06/11/2019 6:43:57 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
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To: jeannineinsd

“Miraldi did not rule on the motion from the bench, but later denied the request in a journal entry, according to court officials.

The trial is scheduled to continue at 10 a.m. June 12.”


45 posted on 06/11/2019 8:26:28 PM PDT by moovova
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To: jeannineinsd

In a just world, Oberlin College would go bankrupt and its campus and buildings become a world-class PUBLIC shooting range complete with “combat town” training capabilities.


46 posted on 06/11/2019 11:22:49 PM PDT by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
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To: Natty Bumppo@frontier.net

Shut it down. Might as well. I am not that far away in PA. I can guarantee you their diplomas are now worth $0.00 to me; and I have hired 3 people in the past year, and another one headed to retirement by year’s end, that will be 4.

I can guarantee you that I will *never* hire an applicant with Oberlin College on their resume.

Stop wasting your money, parents! Yank your kids out of there, and go somewhere else - anywhere else!


47 posted on 06/11/2019 11:29:05 PM PDT by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: Menehune56
Where is this?

It is in Ohio.

Oberlin is far, far, left of center.

48 posted on 06/12/2019 2:14:31 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; big bad easter bunny; ...

OHIO PING!

Please let me know if you want on or off the Ohio Ping list.

“Oberlin College asks for mistrial in Gibson’s case.”

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49 posted on 06/12/2019 4:33:22 AM PDT by Lowell1775
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