Dimock Trial Update: Parents Use Their Kids to Rescue Case…Fail
If you want to be a blithering idiot and spout your anti-fossil fuel garbage--do it all you want. But don't abuse your own children by making them do it too. And if you want to try to shake down a company with deep pockets to line your own pocket--same thing. Go for it. It's sleazy and slimy--but don't involve your kids in your unethical schemes. That's just what the Elys have done. In a bid to try and rescue a trial that in all likelihood is about to be dismissed for lack of evidence, plantiffs Scott and Monica Ely had their lawyer put their own children, ages 10-13, on the witness stand. Who would do that to their own children? Even when the plantiffs' lawyer, the inept Leslie Lewis, asked leading questions in an attempt to tug at the jury's heartstrings, the entire effort was a bust. The Elys and Huberts, suing Cabot Oil & Gas for allegedly contaminating their water in Dimock, PA, are about out of options. After resting their case, the judge told the plantiffs he has "grave concerns" about the case and lack of evidence. The judge is seriously considering dismissing the case before it reaches the jury...
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