Quote:An appellate court on Thursday upheld a decision that resulted in a massive award for Gibson’s Bakery after Oberlin College supported and encouraged students who falsely accused the bakery of racism.

Oberlin appealed the verdict against them, which awarded the family of Gibson’s Bakery $25 million in compensatory and punitive damages (a number that was reduced from $33 million in punitive damages due to Ohio tort reform law) and more than $6 million in attorney’s fees. On Thursday, the Ohio’s Ninth District Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s finding, meaning Oberlin will, indeed, have to pay the Gibsons millions of dollars.

Sadly, as Legal Insurrection’s William A. Jacobson reported, the two family members who served as the lead plaintiffs – David Gibson and his father Allyn – passed away before the decision was upheld, though they did live to see the original verdict. David had previously revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer and that Oberlin was purposefully dragging out the case.

As The Daily Wire previously reported, several non-white Oberlin students attempted to steal alcohol from Gibson’s, a local bakery with a long history of serving the Oberlin community. A Gibson family member who was working at the bakery that day chased the students out of the store, where they attacked him. He called the police and the students were arrested, pleading guilty and admitting race had nothing to do with the incident.

But other students and faculty accused the bakery of racism and staged protests outside, with Oberlin officials fully endorsing and supporting the protesters’ (false) narrative. Further, while Oberlin claimed in court the protests were peaceful, some demonstrators actually entered the bakery and harassed customers, taking pictures of them and making disparaging comments to them. They also blocked customers from moving down the aisles and slashed the tires of a store employee.

Behind the scenes, Oberlin administrators trashed the bakery and anyone who defended them, calling defenders “idiots” and saying “F***” them.

The Gibson’s home was broken into months after the protests (though it is unclear whether it was related), with the elderly patriarch breaking bones in his neck. Business dropped and employees were laid-off. The family was threatened.

Jurors sided with the bakery and awarded them $33 million in damages, an amount that was later reduced to $25 million due to state limits. In April of this year, the Oberlin College lawyer who failed to defend the school was transferred to Cornell University, The Daily Wire reported.

Cornell appointed general counsel Donica Thomas Varner earlier this year, even though she is currently best known for sending an inflammatory email criticizing the jury’s decision to award Gibson’s Bakery $11.2 million in compensatory damages. The email was sent after this decision but before a separate trial awarded the bakery an additional $33 million.

“We are disappointed with the verdict and regret that the jury did not agree with the clear evidence our team presented. Neither Oberlin College nor Dean Meredith Raimondo defamed a local business or its owners, and they never endorsed statements made by others. Rather, the College and Dr. Raimondo worked to ensure that students’ freedom of speech was protected and that the student demonstrations were safe and lawful, and they attempted to help the plaintiffs repair any harm caused by the student protests,” Varner wrote. “As we have stated, colleges cannot be held liable for the independent actions of their students. Institutions of higher education are obligated to protect freedom of speech on their campuses and respect their students’ decision to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights. Oberlin College acted in accordance with these obligations.”

The email so inflamed the court it became an issue, with Varner being asked questions about her statements.

Evidence and testimony at trial backed up Gibson’s plight, yet Varner still sent that email, beyond what losing attorneys typically say after losing. Varner’s email may well have cost the college another $30 million, yet she was rewarded with a new job at Cornell.

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We need more action against these brainwashing institutions.

From what I've read on this story, it doesn't seem That Oberlin has learned a damn thing from this incident. They are said to be looking at appealing it to the Ohio Supreme Court. I somehow don't think that the court will hear this appeal.

Im surprised.

Ohio is full of cucks. A glimmer of hope.

This is the mostly peaceful protest the left leaning board members stick up for. This is the kind of trash that is destroying our democracy. Mafia style politics. The college should be shut down and it’s administrative upper echelon fired. The school should not be reopened until qualified folks with accountability are running the school.

I have said it before and I’ll say it again the Left won’t be happy until people are laying dead in the streets. This is repulsive and there is no way to defend the actions of these rogue thugs.

(04-02-2022 03:26 PM)BlueDragon Wrote:  This is the mostly peaceful protest the left leaning board members stick up for. This is the kind of trash that is destroying our democracy. Mafia style politics. The college should be shut down and it’s administrative upper echelon fired. The school should not be reopened until qualified folks with accountability are running the school.

I have said it before and I’ll say it again the Left won’t be happy until people are laying dead in the streets. This is repulsive and there is no way to defend the actions of these rogue thugs.

there's more sadists in this world than you can imagine...

welcome to human nature...

from fire --->>> bibble --->>> today = what happens when the fear of instantaneous communicable skills become transparent...

it's all about raw numbers and geo-skill sets ... it always has been in capacity...

winners vs. losers .... happens every fk'n day...

the logic is/has always been deriving the 'how' vs. the balance of control to achieve/conquer via 'peace'...

our species isn't anywhere close to achieving such...

told ya guys I can play this game any way I/ya see fit ... @nutsZongo

Too bad, so sad Obie.