Papua New Guineans now suing for $45m in Jared Diamond/New Yorker case
October 21st, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Legal, Magazines
Remember the Papua New Guineans suing Jared Diamond and the New Yorker for $10 million in damages? Background at this link.
Damages have been raised from $10 million to $45 million.
Last week, attourneys for Diamond and Advance Publications filed their answer to the lawsuit in New York state court, denying all of the defamation allegations.
The court trial date is yet to be set.
Full Science Magazine post at this link…
Also at Gawker.com / Forbes.com
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