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Oberlin College Sues Insurers For Refusing To Cover $36 Million It Paid Gibson’s Bakery For Defamation And Other Torts (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 06, 2023 231 Comments

Four insurance companies have told the college to pound sand. Have you ever rooted for insurance companies ever? There's a first for everything.

Finally, The Gibson’s Bakery Family Has Been Paid By Oberlin College

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2022 112 Comments

The Gibsons have collected the over $36 million owed them. Sadly, David Gibson and "Grandpa" Allyn Gibson did not live to see this day. By stretching out the appeals Oberlin College waited them out, but the rest of the family survives. We wish the Gibson family well.

What It’s Like To Eat At Gibson’s Bakery in Oberlin, Ohio

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 20, 2022 13 Comments

"It’s the sort of place Mom and Dad would stop in to grab junior a few missing items before college starts and fuel up on caffeine before a long drive home."

VIDEO: The Inside Story of The Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2022 8 Comments

Lorna Gibson, wife of the late David Gibson, and trial attorneys Lee Plakas and Owen Rarric reveal new details about what it was like to fight the "billion dollar bully" and win, and the emotional and physical toll it took: "It's bittersweet ... My husband did not see the end, my father-in-law did not either."

Gibson’s Bakery Thanks Legal Insurrection And Its Readers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2022 64 Comments

"Legal Insurrection, Professor Jacobson, and your readers, gave the family the support and the courage that they needed .... Every night, our trial team would read Legal Insurrection...."

An Evening With Lorna Gibson and Gibson’s Bakery Trial Attorneys (Online Event, 9/15/2022 7:30 p.m. Eastern, Registration Required)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2022 19 Comments

We are honored to present a live online event featuring Lorna Gibson (wife of the late David Gibson) and the Gibson Bakery lead trial attorneys, Lee Plakas, Esq. and Owen Rarric, Esq.

Gibson’s Bakery Deserves Justice Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 03, 2022 5 Comments

Your weekly report on education news.

Gibson’s Bakery Wins! Ohio Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Oberlin College Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2022 210 Comments

Hopefully the long, hard road Gibson's Bakery has traveled in its fight with Oberlin College has come to an end. The Gibsons now can collect approximately $36 million.

Gibson’s Bakery Will Have to Wait To Collect: Ohio Supreme Court Grants Stay of Enforcement of Judgment Against Oberlin College

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2022 53 Comments

The bakery, which is on the verge of going out of business after almost 6 years of boycott by the Oberlin College community, will have to try to hang on in what could be months or years more of litigation.

Oberlin College Still Refusing to Pay Verdict to Gibson’s Bakery

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 05, 2022 12 Comments

"For delaying making the payment, Oberlin has added on $4 million in interest to the original judgment of $32 million, raising the cost to $36 million."

Gibson’s Bakery “May Only Survive for the Next Couple of Months,” Pleads With Court To Collect Against Oberlin College

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 27, 2022 113 Comments

Court filing: "Speedy relief is necessary for the preservation of their historic business and the lifetime work of generations of Gibsons."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw2Sk_JTaXA

Gibson’s Bakery Moves To Collect On $36 Million Surety Bond, Oberlin College Seeks Stay In Ohio Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2022 54 Comments

Under the plain wording of the Surety Bond, Zurich American appears to owe the Gibsons the money, and what happens then is between Zurich American and Oberlin College.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n8f8sLTDE&t=850s

Gibson’s Bakery Wants Ohio Supreme Court To Restore Full Punitive Damage Verdict Against Oberlin College

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2022 28 Comments

The bakery filed papers today asking the Ohio Supreme Court not to hear the college's appeal, and also asking the court also to hear the bakery's cross-appeal to restore the full punitive damage verdict.

Oops – Gibson’s Bakery Seeks To Execute On $36 Million Appeal Bond Since Oberlin College Failed To Obtain Stay Of Appeals Court Mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2022 105 Comments

Motion filed in trial court today: "If Defendants wanted to stay execution of the mandate of the Ninth District Court of Appeals, they were required to seek that stay in the Ohio Supreme Court. They did not. Plaintiffs are entitled to judgment on the surety bond ...."

Gibson’s Bakery Files Cross-Appeal In Ohio Supreme Court in Oberlin College Case – Will Any Groups Support Them?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 26, 2022 11 Comments

An armada of groups have filed in support of Oberlin College, including the NAACP, Reporters Committee, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Lawyers, National Coalition Against Censorship, and Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Will any groups support the Gibsons?

Oberlin College Appeals To Ohio Supreme Court In Gibson’s Bakery Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2022 105 Comments

The Ohio Supreme Court has discretion whether to take the case. Of all the documents I've seen in this case, Oberlin College's Memorandum In Support of Jurisdiction may be the most tendentious, bordering on mendacious.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oberlin-college-and-gibsons-bakery-a-protest-against-racism-and-a-31-5-million-dollar-defamation-award/

Oberlin College Officials “Show No Remorse Whatsoever” For Mistreatment Of Gibson’s Bakery

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2022 43 Comments

My appearance on The Daily Signal Podcast: "And I think one of the big takeaways is that these are very powerful entities. They fight more viciously than your local chemical company. And they wrap themselves in this 'holier than thou' attitude because they’re educators"

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