The Stouffer case

[Jennifer Piersol]

Okay, I'll pitch in with some discussion.

I read through the entire judgment, and though I'm not 
familiar with a lot of the legal jargon (jargon used in 
a neutral way - simply describing language used in 
certain professions), I'm simply stunned by the gall of 
this woman.  How on earth can someone of any reasonable 
amount of intelligence (not that I'm saying she has a 
reasonable amount... after reading the judgment, I'm 
convinced she doesn't) think that she'll be able to 
prove her case with doctored evidence?  Does she think 
that a big corporation like Scholastic, a millionaire 
like J.K., and a multimedia giant like Time Warner are 
going to spare any expense in exposing any kind of 
misrepresentation on her part?  Hello!!!  ALL of these 
people have a LOT of money they can spare to defend 
themselves.  They can all hire people to dig up 
original copies of material, people who used to work 
for Stouffer, etc.  Stouffer must be mentally 
deficient.

Honestly, I'm still so stunned that I'm having 
trouble putting it into words.  And she's still 
"disturbed" that she was sanctioned for fabricating 
her evidence and committing fraud?  Hello!?  She 
ADMITTED that she didn't have original documents in 
ALL of the disputed pieces of evidence!  How can she 
be surprised that the judge looked disfavorably at 
that??

I'm just amazed.  Completely gobsmacked.

JenP, who being an intelligent person, wouldn't 
dream of bringing altered documents into a courtroom 
- especially if she were up against multi-
millionaires with a reputation to protect and money 
to earn.