Everyone is waiting for the appeal in the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case that has captured the attention of the nation. The judgment is for almost $32 million in damages and defendants were required to post a $36 million bond to secure the judgment pending appeal.
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Oberlin College Professor after Gibson’s Bakery verdict: “how idiotic can the college be always?”
Despite over 100 posts at Legal Insurrection on the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College conflict and lawsuit, I just read a fresh perspective on what happened.
The perspective is that of Abraham Socher, currently Editor of the Jewish Review of Books.
Gibson’s Bakery: If Oberlin College appeals, we will seek reinstatement of full $44 million original verdict
The Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College lawsuit has entered two post-trial phases: (1) Post-trial motions then appeals, and (2) public relations.
As part of this jockeying, Oberlin College’s president Carmen Twillie Ambar has written op-eds and given interviews in which she asserts that Oberlin College was held responsible for the speech of...
David Gibson VIDEO: Oberlin College plans to drag out litigation because it knows I’m dying from pancreatic cancer
David Gibson, one of the owners of Gibson’s Bakery and a plaintiff in the lawsuit that yielded almost $32 million in damages against Oberlin College, has just posted a video on Facebook announcing that he has pancreatic cancer. (h/t to multiple readers for alerting me)
In the video (below), David says that...
Oberlin College posts $36 million bond to secure Gibson’s Bakery judgment
The combined compensatory and punitive damages ($25 million) and attorney’s fees and costs (over $6.5 million) awards in favor of Gibson’s Bakery and its owners left Oberlin College almost $32 million in debt.
Oberlin College ordered to post $36 million bond to delay Gibson’s Bakery collection of Judgment
The compensatory and punitive damages of $25 million (after reduction for tort reform caps), plus the over $6.5 million in attorney’s fees and costs, put Oberlin College almost $32 million in debt to Gibson’s Bakery and its owners.
Absent some judicial action, the next step would have been for the Gibsons to...
Gibson’s Bakery: “there is serious concern about [Oberlin College’s] ability to pay this sizeable judgment three years from now”
The $25 million damages judgment plus the over $6.5 million attorney’s fees and expenses award, puts Oberlin College almost $32 million in debt to Gibson’s Bakery and its owners.
Post-judgment interest in Ohio is 5%, which if my math is correct, on $32 million equals $1.6 million a year just in interest,...
Gibson’s Bakery awarded over $6.5 million in attorney’s fees and expenses against Oberlin College
The Court has just ruled on the request by Gibson’s Bakery for attorney’s fees and costs against Oberlin College on top of the $25 million judgment.
For background on the attorney’s fees issue, see these posts:
Gibson’s Bakery says Oberlin College’s scorched earth defense justifies large legal fee award
The post-verdict fight over legal fees continues in the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case.
The jury decided that Gibson’s would get attorney’s fees, but it is up to Judge John Miraldi to determine the amount.
Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College: $5 million attorney’s fees may be a floor, not a ceiling
In one of the last hearings in local court regarding the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case, Lorain County Common Pleas Judge John R. Miraldi heard evidence today on what the college owes in attorney’s fees.
Gibson’s Bakery seeks $9-13 million in attorney’s fees against Oberlin College
The $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts won by Gibson’s Bakery and its owners against Oberlin College later were reduced to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps.
But...
Former Oberlin College President: “Pay the court’s judgment, don’t fight it; apologize to the Gibson family and to the community”
Reviewing the intense public relations campaign launched by Oberlin College after the $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts (later reduced to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps), I felt an “intervention” by someone who “truly cares” about Oberlin College was needed:
Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College: The $13 million damage claim the jury wasn’t permitted to consider
Things seem bad for Oberlin College, after the $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts (later reduced collectively to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps) in favor of Gibson’s Bakery and its owners.
But it could have been worse. Much worse.
“It is particularly frustrating to watch people parrot whatever opinion they’ve read on Legal Insurrection that day”
The next phase in the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case is the award of attorney’s fees to the Gibsons. A hearing is scheduled for July 10. Dan McGraw will be at the hearing for us, and we will preview the issues once motion papers are filed and available.
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Gibson’s Bakery disputes Oberlin College public relations campaign claiming it was “held liable for the speech of its students”
After the massive $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts (later reduced to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps) against it for defaming Gibson’s Bakery and its owners, Oberlin College could have done some soul searching as to its own conduct in nearly destroying a 135-year-old family business. Indeed, the purpose...
Court enters $25 million Judgment against Oberlin College in Gibson’s Bakery case
In the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case, the Court has entered a Judgment (pdf.)(full embed at bottom of post) calculating the damages owed by the defendants after applying the statutory tort reform caps.
The total amount (inclusive of compensatory and punitive damages) is: David R....
Gibson’s Bakery files to uphold full $33 million punitive damages verdict against Oberlin College
Oberlin College has been on a crisis management public relations campaign to create a narrative that it is the victim in the Gibson’s Bakery case because it was held liable for student speech. In a series of scripted public statements, Oberlin College’s president Carmen Twillie Ambar
