Re: Rape Education Story #64

"Bo Raxo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> Wow, can I be a victim of a false accusation?  For a million bucks,
> they can say I raped Mother Teresa for all I care.

This goes way beyond a false accusation, Bo: the university essentially 
tried this guy without his knowledge, pressured the alleged "victim" to 
declare him guilty over and over against her will and then lied when she 
wouldn't, and then notified him that he wouldn't be getting the 
certification he'd earned over a criminal charge they'd pretty much 
invented only after he'd paid for it in money, time and successful 
effort. They broke their own internal codes in doing so, never mind legal 
contracts with the guy. 

There's nothing particularly absurd about him getting a million bucks for 
a seven year fight over that, considering legal fees. Let's guess...I 
dunno, something mid-low, like 40K as average salary+benefits he could 
have taken in on his earned certification over those seven years. That's 
almost $300K. Then figure punitive damages, which the Supreme Court says 
can be the same as the real damages, but no more, so--we're up to $600K, 
now. 40% of award is not unusual for attorney's fees, so...hey, whaddya 
know, we already got to a million bucks, and all the guy gets is double 
what he should have earned, and that's guessing low, plus a little extra 
for all the trouble of getting reamed up the ass by a bunch of busybodies 
who should have known better. 

-- 
--Robert

but also, there's a negative side