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How could any jury listen to those comments and think they were serious and therefore constituted slander? Then there's this from a juror: "we have to give him
by cjensen 11y ago
How could any jury listen to those comments and think they were serious and therefore constituted slander? Then there's this from a juror: "we have to give him something, just to make sure that this doesn’t happen again." That's not how law works! Either they committed libel or not; it's not your job as a juror to be a parent.
Just because language is disagreeable does not mean someone should pay for it.
- stephengillie 11y agoWell, they did write some of it on his chart, and they told other people, so apparently the entire surgery staff avoided him in post-op. How would you feel if you went in for surgery and met the doctors and nurses, and afterward none of them will even talk to you? Also, it sounds like the jurists are as cynical as we are. Maybe they were facing a "12 angry men" situation and were compromising with each other to get it over before dinner?
- joshvm 11y agoIt's not clear to me from the article, did they actually make any spurious comments on his chart or was it just chat? Also is it normal for the Jury to say "Alice thinks he should get everything, Bob says nothing, well damned if I know - give him a weighted mean"?