Monday, April 03, 2006
PRIVATE GUARDIAN AD LITEM WINS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEFAMATION SUIT
A jury in Charleston, South Carolina returned a verdict in favor of a former private Guardian ad Litem who had sued a group alleging that they tried to destroy her by making disparaging remarks about her personal life. The group, the Justice Seekers and the Domestic Court Reform Movement, was highly critical of the Guardian ad Litem system in South Carolina and managed to bring about stricter rules for guardians. The verdict was for $6.5 million -- $500,000 in actual damages and $6 million in punitive damages. You can read more about this story in "Ex-Guardian Wins $6.5M in Defamation Suit", published in the Charleston Post and Courier. For the losing side's view of the situation, log on to http://www.nofreespeech.com.
A jury in Charleston, South Carolina returned a verdict in favor of a former private Guardian ad Litem who had sued a group alleging that they tried to destroy her by making disparaging remarks about her personal life. The group, the Justice Seekers and the Domestic Court Reform Movement, was highly critical of the Guardian ad Litem system in South Carolina and managed to bring about stricter rules for guardians. The verdict was for $6.5 million -- $500,000 in actual damages and $6 million in punitive damages. You can read more about this story in "Ex-Guardian Wins $6.5M in Defamation Suit", published in the Charleston Post and Courier. For the losing side's view of the situation, log on to http://www.nofreespeech.com.
