Doe v. Watchtower, et al./Post-Trial Motions

by DNCall 8 Replies latest jw friends

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  DNCall

  According to the Alameda County Superior Court register of actions, the Society will be bringing post-trial motions in an effort to have the judgment against it reversed. In the meantime, it applied to the Court for a stay of enforcement of the judgment now in place. This is for protection during the time the post-trial motions are argued. The plaintiff filed a partial opposition to this application out of concern that the Society will use this time to move its assets from the New York corporation to one of its other entities. The court's ruling on this should be forthcoming as soon as today.

  If the Society is not granted the relief it seeks via post-trial motions, it has said it will then file an appeal.
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  Phizzy

  Good to hear that the legal team representing "Jane Doe " against the the WT are aware that the WT are very good at hiding assets.

  I hope they are aware too of the attitiude the WT has to lying in Court, the WT will express things in ways which will seem true, but will cover over the real truth, they have had over a century to perfect the art of doing this.
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  DT

  It seems that the society would have to move a lot of assets to be unable to pay the judgement, but I wouldn't put anything past them. Didn't they do something similar in France a while back when they were being asked to pay taxes?

  I could almost see them moving whatever they could out of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York and then declare bankruptcy for just that corporation.
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  sir82

  I could almost see them moving whatever they could out of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York and then declare bankruptcy for just that corporation.

  That can't be a "new trick". Thousands of corporations, with multiple entities, have been successfully sued and paid on $billions. It can't be just as easy as "move everything out of corporation A into corporation B and declare corporation A bankrupt and thus not pay out anything at all".

  I'm no lawyer, but I have to imagine that has been tried in dozens of permutations by other corporations and the courts must be quite aware of it and know how to prevent it.
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  Morbidzbaby

  Phizzy, what they may not realize (or even care to realize since they don't think they will get caught) is that their "Theocratic Warfare Strategy" is still perjury. Telling a half truth or twisting the truth in such a way to mislead the court is still perjury. They can try to convince themselves they are telling the truth, but they're not telling "The truth, the whole truth, and NOTHING BUT the truth". So hopefully the WT lawyers aren't stupid enough to try the Theocratic Warfare angle.
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  DT

  "I'm no lawyer, but I have to imagine that has been tried in dozens of permutations by other corporations and the courts must be quite aware of it and know how to prevent it."

  I hope you are right, but it's a religion and doesn't have the same kind of oversight. Nobody really knows what the assets are. If they try something, I hope it's found out and people go to jail.
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  sir82

  Someone knows what the assets are, even if that someone is a WT drone at Bethel. Accounting records can be subpoenaed.

  No one is going to jail, this was a civil case.
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  besty

  trying to move or conceal assets pre-bankruptcy is bankruptcy fraud and is a federal crime

  they won't be that stupid to attempt such a thing with a huge doller value judgement made on the affected corporation

  what they will do is lie, cry, deny and delay - and only pay when they have absolutely no other options or jurisdictions to appeal to.
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  life is to short

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