The Ohio jury hit Oberlin College with ferocious—and illegal—punitive damages
Share to twitterA jury has decided that Oberlin College must pay more than $44 million in damages to Gibson's Bakery.The Ohio jury has spoken in the libel case against Oberlin and it has spoken loudly and ferociously. In addition to the more than $11 million in regular damages that Oberlin already has to payThis was a very angry jury.
Nonetheless, the verdict is a threat to freedom of speech and to the future of universities. Oberlin College’s connections to the libelous speech are too tenuous for this sort of verdict. Gibson’s legal complaint mentions a student senate resolution and makes much of the fact that the college allowed them to display it on college property.
All of this is a slim reed upon which to rest so ferocious a verdict. As noted in my previous post, there is a culture clash between the very liberal college and the more conservative town. I attended Oberlin College in the 1980s and was fortunate enough to have made a few friends in the town. They were good-natured but they often teased me about the low repute the students had among the “townies”.
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