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mondo joe

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Wed Apr-09-08 07:16 AM
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14. The specific damages were intentional emotional distress.

The Snyder family showed they suffered real emotional distress, demonstrated in their testimony and backed up by physicians.

Phelps' defense was that the Snyder son was a PUBLIC figure by merit of having an obituary in the news, making him subject to public interest. This was, however, a ridiculous defense.

Even Phelps's own defense wasn't that this was simply offensive - they had to resort to a sham argument about the son being a public figure.

The lines will be drawn differently across the board as they depend on state torts.

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