Re: court of Appeal Upholds Libel Verdict Against Mold Activ

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An excellent lesson for those who attack, disparage and
intimidate.

Court costs too - ouch!

RD

On 9/16/10, sangamon811 wrote:
> I am from Veritox, and for persons who have been following
> issues related to Dr. Kelman, I thought you would be
> interested in this recent court ruling:
>
> Court of Appeal Upholds Libel Verdict Against Mold
> Activist
>
> Ruling affirms 2008 ruling that Dr. Bruce Kelman,
> President of Veritox, was victim of defamation
>
> SEATTLE (September 16, 2010) – The California Court of
> Appeal this week affirmed the judgment in favor of Dr.
> Bruce Kelman of Veritox®, Inc., determining that Dr. Bruce
> Kelman was libeled by activist Sharon Kramer. In a
> unanimous opinion, Division One of the Fourth Appellate
> District upheld the jury’s verdict in Dr. Kelman’s favor
> and also ordered Kramer to pay costs to Dr. Kelman.
>
> The Court upheld the 2008 verdict by a San Diego County
> Superior Court jury that found. Kramer libeled Dr. Kelman
> when she published a press release in March 2005 stating
> that Dr. Kelman had altered his under-oath statements on
> the witness stand when he testified as a witness in an
> Oregon lawsuit. The jury found that Kramer’s statement was
> false and defamatory and that she had published it with
> malice.
>
> In addition to upholding the 2008 ruling, the appellate
> court affirmed the trial court’s award of costs to Dr.
> Kelman, and also found that he was entitled to recover
> costs on appeal.
>