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| Jury Awards Father $2.9M in Funeral Case |
| 2007-10-31 |
| BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal jury on Wednesday awarded the father of a fallen Marine $2.9 million in compensatory damages after finding an anti-gay Kansas church and three of its leaders liable for invasion of privacy and intent to inflict emotional distress for picketing the Marine's funeral in 2006. The jury was to begin deliberating the size of punitive damages after receiving further instructions, although U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett noted the size of the compensatory award "far exceeds the net worth of the defendants," according to financial statements filed with the court. Albert Snyder of York, Pa., sued the Westboro Baptist Church for unspecified monetary damages after members staged a demonstration at the March 2006 funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq. |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #14 God hates Westboro Baptist Churchmembers. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-10-31 23:01 |
| #13 Justice done! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-10-31 21:52 |
| #12 Most excellent! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2007-10-31 20:58 |
| #11 The best part is most of those ASSHOLES (westboro babtisit chyurch (sic)) are LAWYERS! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-10-31 20:55 |
| #10 in typical Marine style One might conclude that messing with Marines, even dead ones, is a bad idea. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-10-31 20:42 |
| #9 Schaweet! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-31 20:40 |
| #8 sweet! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-10-31 19:47 |
| #7 Just in, punitive at $11 million. I will stop making lawyer jokes for a day in celebration! |
| Posted by: Beau 2007-10-31 18:40 |
| #6 Jesus Zen, I would have settled for the 2.9M and a good ass kickin. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-10-31 18:35 |
| #5 If they were not this time, next time each and every individual as well as the "church" leadership should be sued also. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-10-31 18:11 |
| #4 Well, Phelps will have to just dig deeper in his pockets. What about OJ's punitive damages? He owes more than he has, but it stood and he owes a huge sum. Well, the good news is that the family of the fallen Marine, in typical Marine style, agressively attacked the enemy. I imagine that Phelps will rethink his actions on the next one, or take a pass. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-10-31 18:04 |
| #3 As I understand it, the $2.9M is just for compensatory damages. Punitive damages have not yet been assessed. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-10-31 17:59 |
| #2 Judge Richard Bennett noted the size of the compensatory award "far exceeds the net worth of the defendants," Even a puddle of stale piss "far exceeds the net worth of the defendants". Start auctioning off everything they own that isn't nailed down. The entire Phelps clan should exit wearing barrels held up by shoulder straps. The only thing better would be photographers finding Phelps slumped over his underage gay lover after having expired from a heart attack brought by complications due to being infected with AIDS. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-31 17:42 |
| #1 As a Kansan I say screw phelps-stick it to him pointy, twisting, slow, and deep. I want to hear his caterwauling all the way from Topeka. Been hearing his crap up close and personal for 20 years now and this is way overdue. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2007-10-31 17:24 |