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Press Release - Benchmark Young Adult School Loses Lawsuit
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---Do programs ever announce bad news if they can avoid it?
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Hahaha!
Oh, and I forgot to mention: Benchmark et al could also claim that their "insurance company strongly advises against it," as yet another tried-and-true means of backing out of such hollow threats...
;D
Anonymous:
Normally, insurance companies cover defense, not prosecution.
Che Gookin:
Hell if Jayne wants to waste more money she can go for it. She didn't have a case before and she won't have a case now.
Anonymous:
they have also posted their press release here:
http://benchmarktruth.wordpress.com/200 ... rnet-lies/
ZenAgent:
--- Quote from: "Jayne Sniveled and" ---
Jayne Selby-Longnecker, founder and owner of Benchmark Young Adult School, states... "Internet law is a relatively new frontier and it is very difficult to effectively pursue and win a case against someone who posts untruths about you or your company. This is especially true when you may not know the substance or damaging effect of such statements until after the very short statute of limitations applicable to these claims has already run."
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Libel is libel - if Jayne considers Psy's site to be full of "untruths", she should have addressed it before there was any "damaging effect". She was given the opportunity to voice her objections. Sue Scheff goes for the jugular with less provocation and a quickness. Jayne is like a hospital patient who gets an infection after surgery but does nothing until it becomes gangrenous, then sues for malpractice. You're accountable, Jayne. It's not a good advertisement for Benchmark's program when the owner is a procrastinator. You gotta move before the train is on top of you, Jayne, but you didn't - because you knew Psy was accurate in his journalism and had documentation.
As the Court wrote, Jayne:
"More persuasive was the evidence submitted by the defendant. Crawford provided supplemental declarations indicating that there were no substantive changes to his website since posting it in December 2006 (apart from a minor grammatical correction in January 2007)." [/i]
Suing former "students" in order to silence them is bad PR. I imagine Jayne would like to sue Psy for the GAO sniffing around the program's door, but her lack of financial resources might make it difficult to "persist". It's another dumb Jayne moment to start calling a critic a liar after losing, too - you're begging for another lawsuit where Psy's evidence and documentation would be presented to refute your libelous and defamatory comments.
Change one word in Jayne's quote:
--- Quote from: "Jayne Sniveled and" ---This is especially true when you may not know the substance or damaging effect of such treatment until after the very short statute of limitations applicable to these claims has already run."
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Wow, Jayne. I'll bet you don't feel bad when survivors are unable to litigate because the time spent getting their heads back together and focused ran out the statute. In TN, you have one year to sue for malpractice. The PTSD of survivors will last decades, maybe all their lives, but they only have one year to bring the program to answer for the abuse. Don't cry about the "very short" statute of limitations Jayne, you have no right to bitch.
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