Don Imus Sued by Rutgers Basketball Player »
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Don Imus is facing his first lawsuit from a player on the Rutgers Women's Basketball team for derogatory comments that cost him his job as a radio host in April, ABC News has learned.
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cranky_241 year ago
I am a African American male and i feel that this is wrong leave imus alone!why don't sue some rap artist to? This is BS.
clearly this is for a paycheck,I'm beginning to dislike my own race we are so backwards sometimes.
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Worldview1 year ago
Spoken like a Rutger's man . . . or is it a Rutger's woman . . . or a Rutger's athlete . . . or a high school student who applied to Rutger's (haven't the acceptance letters gone out yet) . . . or maybe you're someone who applied to Rutgers, but didn't get in (try Penn) . . . or maybe you're someone who lives near Rutgers . . . maybe you're a Rutger's professor . . . an administrator . . . the gardener. . . hell, maybe you've never been close to Rutgers or any other college. But as an African American male who feels this is wrong, and that Imus should be leave alone (what about those rap artist . . . let's get'em)you are beginning to dislike your "own backwards race."
I guess you just had something to say on the topic . . . or maybe you're not black? And maybe, race has nothing to do with this story at all, people. Maybe, just maybe it has something to do with power and the powerless?
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UnusualSuspect1 year ago
I totally disagree with what Imus did. He lost his job, etc, and has paid the price, and will probably continue to do so. But I had actually forgotten about it. And I thought others had, too. But, being one of the players misaligned, she apparently hasn't.
Seems like the easy solution anymore is to sue; it gets attention, and it gets money. I suppose money has a great healing power for many people, and maybe this player's feelings will be soothed by it. But she ought to know within herself that her team was great, and she should have enough respect and self-esteem for herself, her team, and her coach to get over it. Hopefully she will.
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DebraJMSmith1 year ago
I cannot get this to post in the right spot. It is suppose to be under the person who said, "you are clearly not "black."
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This doesn't have anything to do with the color of skin. It has everything to do with a person who wants money.
The article said that she wants to "restore [her] good name".
Really? I had never even heard her name before her lawsuit, nor had I seen her face.
So WHO is really hurting her 'good name'?
Don Imus was wrong for what he said and so was his employer for promoting such comments, but this has gone too far.
Debra...
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farmerman1 year ago
Just another frivilous law suit. We need stronger laws to discourage trial lawyers and their greed. There ought to be some risk involved in suing someone. For example, if you lose you automaically have to pay the legal costs of the defendant and if it is found as being frivilous, then you pay the amount you had sued for.
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saintetienne1 year ago
No it won't. It's yet another sensationalized media story, designed to bait the public and amp up ratings.
Don't fall for it. Turn off your TV and tune in to your own life.
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saneman1 year ago
Unbelievable. A statement of opinion is not an actionable offense as to defamation. According to my Barbri review book, "While a statement of fact may always be defamatory, a statement of opinion is only actionable if it appears to be based on specific facts, and an express allegation of those facts would be defamatory." At no time did Imus claim his comments to be factual and he did not cite any specific facts. In fact, he said it was done out of jest. In any event, he subsequently retracted that statement publicly, a mitigating factor.
As an attorney, I find the actions of this attorney to be nothing but appalling to the legal profession. Unfortunately, this attorney won't be able to face the same consequences as did the prosecutor of the Duke matter.
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Teech1 year ago
As an attorney, you know how important jury selection will be in a case like this. As the plaintiff, I'd sure want some female African American basketball players impanelled. I'm not an attorney, but I believe that in a civil suit, only a certain majority is required for a guilty verdict. Does this vary from state to state?
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saneman1 year ago
Two totally different matters. First, Sullivan was a public figure and the New York Times got into trouble for claiming what they were reporting was a fact and Sullivan had to prove that the statement was false and done out of malice. The New York Times v. Sullivan is a case also cited in my Barbri review book. On the flip side, Imus did not claim his statement to be a fact nor allude to any specific facts.
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ABANOCLA1 year ago
Pretty soon the whole team will have been to catholic school and ended up being molested as well, more cashola. let's face it, even if any of them make it to the WNBA, it isn't going to be multi million dollar payday I expect..and from the pics I saw of them, do not expect to see them on a runway as a supermodel, they are only thinking of their financial futures...maybe they are getting passed thru college coz they are athletes and know their degree will get them no where if they didn't really earn it.
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karenmarian1 year ago
Regarding Imus...
I am baffled.. and for the record- I am a white woman.. Do you think Mr Imus would have said those words to those girls if they had they been sitting right in front of his face? If he had, at least they could have had a chance to give an opinion or give a reaction to him so he could understand first hand how it made them feel..- In this day and age you are entitled to your beliefs but in this day and age it is no secret that sexists and racists pay a price... I think Mr Imus should most definitely pay damages to these girls ( as scholarships) as well as go one on one with each one of them on a basketball court on National Television...that is the only way I would watch him for any reason much less listen.
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crotalus1 year ago
Again, I'm no lawyer and I'm not getting into a debate about the technical terms of litigation. If you have any training you got me hands down. In the coffee lawsuit the lady was physically burned, and that's what I was referring to as injury. I know there is emotional injury also. We all go through it on some level throughout our lives. But, how much emotional injury constitutes someone else having to pay you millions (or any amount)? I just can't see how chaos would not ensue if the basketball player won her case. In the McDonald's case, it looks like they may have needed to pay a price (from what you have posted here). But if what Imus said justifies a financial gain for the basketball players we better brace ourselves for the litigation to come.
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Worldview1 year ago
"She's a loser. Maybe if she can get the same jury that awarded that idiot woman all that money when the dumb b itch spilled McDonalds coffee in her lap."
Facts:
Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, P.T.S., Inc., No. D-202 CV-93-02419, 1995 WL 360309 (Bernalillo County, N.M. Dist. Ct. Aug. 18, 1994)
For years McDonald's knew that their 1850 coffee was served at least 200 hotter than at other restaurants. They insisted on it, and even though more than 700 other people had made claims for scalding coffee burns in the previous ten years, McDonald's never consulted a burn expert and didn't lower the temperature.
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Worldview1 year ago
79-year old Stella Liebeck was not driving in a car when she was injured. In fact, she was not driving at all. She had gone with her grandson, Chris, to take her son, Jim, to the airport. On the way home, Chris pulled into a McDonald's drive-thru for breakfast. He parked the car so she could add cream and sugar to her coffee. Here's what happened next: Because the car had no cup holders and a slanted dash, Stella testified that she put the cup between her knees and removed the lid. As she did so, the slick styrofoam cup flipped backwards, dumping the scalding liquid into her lap and saturated the cotton sweatsuit which she was wearing. Her grandson, Chris, jumped out to help but the near boiling coffee was already searing her skin. By the time Chris was able to bring his grandmother to the emergency room, she had third degree burns across her groin, thighs, genitalia and buttocks. Stella Liebeck was badly wounded. She says all she remembers is the pain.
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Worldview1 year ago
Stella spent 7 days in the hospital. She then spent another 3 weeks confined to her home where her daughter travelled to take care of her. After that, she required another hospital stay for skin grafts. She went from 113 to 83 pounds and for a time her family doubted if she would survive.
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ABANOCLA1 year ago
I guess you mean 200 degrees hotter? if so I have yet to receive 12 degree coffee, that is called ice.Seems to me you are full of it, and I am not referring to coffee.At 212 it turns to steam, so 1850 is a crock of whatever. Netscape, the land of make believe, and as to you commenting earlier that someone copied someone for wikipedia, seems way more credible than sesame street where you get your info from.
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crotalus1 year ago
I'm no lawyer but it's easy to see what would happen if they won their case against Imus. Every talk show personality would be sued for any remark that insulted someone to any degree. It would be a disastrous precedent to set. Litigation would drown the system and talk show hosts would be afraid to say anything. Yes, what he said was appalling and insensitive but how much of this type of stuff do we hear everyday? As a society we dealt with it and he suffered consequences. He retracted the statement and personally apoligized to the entire team. I guess Imus' groveling at their feet wasn't enough. I sincerely hope for the sake of many that she does not win her lawsuit.
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