Hello Vicki,
The watchtower feels that the $5000.00 decision was "excessive". They also think that the judge erred in her finding that " the plantiff felt she had no choice but to follow the process directed by the jw elders"" "the judge erred in finding that there was a duty of care imposed on the defendant wt." ..the judge erred "in finding that the plaintiff had been forbidden to develop relationships with anyone outside the faith and had been trained to obey the elders without question and that disobeying the elders was literally inconceivable to the plaintiff at the time." These are just a few points they make. There are 20 or more points.
There is a reason the WT is being termed a cult in the manner of Scientology........they both use brute force and major money to keep their followers in line and quiet. You had the audacity to challenge the WTBTS. YOU WON.
I suspect if the judge had awarded you $5.00.....the WT would have appealed anyway. YOU WON - and you may have set precidents that the WTBTS will have to monitarily swallow for decades.
As for the *supposed* errors? It's the lawyers jobs to pick apart - to slice & kill, no matter which side of the case one finds themself. There's a reason it's called an "adversarial system" (if my spelling is correct anyway).
The WTBTS really has no alternative but to fight & appeal - because YOU WON - and they know it. It could cost them millions later on, if they don't fight.
"If somebody says 'It's not the money, it's the principle of the thing'. It's the money." - author unknown at the moment.
YOU WON, Vicki. One of the few who've gone against the WTBTS and accomplished that. Much like David against Goliath, eh?
You're a true WT Pioneer.
waiting