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  Maddox v Integro USA, Inc, et al

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know that this is old but going through and posting about every lawsuit that i can find in this decade with watchtower either good or bad if it has not already been posted.

  this lawsuit was brought in the federal district court for the eastern district of louisana.

  it involves a family whose mother had died at a district convention in 2011. the mother, patsy, was descending stairs at the convention which was held at the mitchell center in mobile, alabama when she fell and was fatally injured.

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  Sorry I meant to write. Cemetary at Walkill not Cemetary and Walkill.
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  Doe, et al v National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is a lawsuit brought by watchtower against an insurance company.

  the company provided four insurance policies between 1989 and 1993. the policies were there to pay out any liability damages that would arise during that time from any damages caused by elders and mss advice.

  there were a number of exceptions that were spelled out in the policy which included that of a sexual nature and that if an elder or ms violated a law then the payout would not qualify.

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  This is a lawsuit brought by Watchtower against an insurance company. The company provided four insurance policies between 1989 and 1993. The policies were there to pay out any liability damages that would arise during that time from any damages caused by Elders and MSs advice. There were a number of exceptions that were spelled out in the policy which included that of a sexual nature and that if an elder or MS violated a law then the payout would not qualify. Apparently, 3 insurers filed a claim so that the insurance company would pay out for damages but the company refused to pay for it. There was a civil action and the insurance company won a summary judgment. The Plaintiffs appealed the decision and the appeals court reversed that decision and remanded it back to the court for a full trial. What I can glean from the case is that it is possible that the action that arose from the advice was that of child sexual abuse.
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  Maddox v Integro USA, Inc, et al

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know that this is old but going through and posting about every lawsuit that i can find in this decade with watchtower either good or bad if it has not already been posted.

  this lawsuit was brought in the federal district court for the eastern district of louisana.

  it involves a family whose mother had died at a district convention in 2011. the mother, patsy, was descending stairs at the convention which was held at the mitchell center in mobile, alabama when she fell and was fatally injured.

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  CCJW is one of 8 or 9 corporations in the US that is used by the US branch office

  Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses- Sponsors Conventions, Assemblies. Elders, MSs and Pioneers are appointed under their authority. It is has a letterhead that reads Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, most letters will come under that letterhead. It is basically the service department.

  Kingdom Support Services- Facilitates activities at bethel and the transportation of literature if sent on US Branch trucks.

  Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York- They are the ones that actually do the printing of literature.

  Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania- They own the copyrights of the literature

  Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New Jersey- I forget what they own, I think that they were the original owners of the Stanley when the Branch bought the building

  Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Florida- They used to own an orange grove in Florida for the family.

  Religious order of special full-time servants of Jehovah's Witnesses- all bethel family members along with traveling overseers and LDC full time members belong to this corporation.

  Then there is one that owns the cemetery and Walkill. There is another that is the corporation that replaced the RBC which is at the branch.
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  Maddox v Integro USA, Inc, et al

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know that this is old but going through and posting about every lawsuit that i can find in this decade with watchtower either good or bad if it has not already been posted.

  this lawsuit was brought in the federal district court for the eastern district of louisana.

  it involves a family whose mother had died at a district convention in 2011. the mother, patsy, was descending stairs at the convention which was held at the mitchell center in mobile, alabama when she fell and was fatally injured.

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  Richard Oliver

  I know that this is old but going through and posting about every lawsuit that I can find in this decade with Watchtower either good or bad if it has not already been posted.

  This lawsuit was brought in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Louisana. It involves a family whose mother had died at a District Convention in 2011. The mother, Patsy, was descending stairs at the convention which was held at the MItchell Center in Mobile, Alabama when she fell and was fatally injured.

  The family brought the wrongful death lawsuit against the insurance company for the Mitchell Center which is the Integro USA and Old Republican Insurane Company, Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York. All three defendants filed a motion for summary judgment against the lawsuit. The Insurance company and CCJW had 4 arguments for dismissing the case.

  First was that Patsy chose to go to the upper level and that contributed to her injury and that if she was too weak to go to the second level that she should not have chosen to go to that level. Second, that the stairs and gaps were open and obvious and that a reasonable person would have taken additional safety precautions as they walked up and down the stairs due to the obvious issues with the stairs. Third, was that the only obligation was to avoid any new and/or hidden dangers to the person using the equipment. Fourth that the case should be heard in Alabama and not in a federal court in Louisana.

  The court ruled that the first three could not be resolved because the plaintiff still had some depositions to conduct and that the Rules of Federal Procedures requires that all Plaintiff depositions must be conducted before a motion for a summary judgment can be granted. The fourth issue the court ruled that the federal court can hear the case based on the diversity citizenship issues because the parties reside in different states.

  Watchtower filed a motion for summary judgment based on the fact that they don't have any dealings with the conventions and cannot be held liable for anything done at the conventions. They supplied affidavits that in 2001 all dealings with District Conventions were taken over by CCJW and that at least since 2011 Watchtower no longer listed dates and locations of District Conventions in any of their publications. The court ruled that Watchtower did not have any dealings with the District Convention and could not be held liable for any actions that occurred at such an event, so it Watchtower was granted their motion.
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  Pretoria resident says - before high court in South Africa - he is the anointed one !

  by ZAPPA-ESQUE in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  pretoria [ south africa] - an unusual urgent application served before the gauteng high court this week,in which a lyttelton manor resident, who said he is was known as the “anointed one” among jehovah’s witnesses, asked the court to officially swear him in as the worldwide leader of the organisation.. ernest gericke, in papers before the court, told judge bill prinsloo that the “first business of the christ is the legal establishment of the kingdom of god on earth, known as the jehovah’s kingdom.” .

  gericke said this involved the the conducting of a covenant for a kingdom, which is to take place on april 11. .

  “in order to effect the legal requirements for the kingdom this honourable court is requested to hear the public oath of the office of the king.

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  Another funny one was that a guy sued on behalf of Jehovah God, Jesus Christ and God's Holy Spirit against Arizona State University for copyright infringement of the Bible. The Federal Magistrate dismissed the case out hand and felt it was so ridiculous of a case that the judge refused to make the Marshall's serve the school with the paperwork over the lawsuit.
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  Pretoria resident says - before high court in South Africa - he is the anointed one !

  by ZAPPA-ESQUE in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  pretoria [ south africa] - an unusual urgent application served before the gauteng high court this week,in which a lyttelton manor resident, who said he is was known as the “anointed one” among jehovah’s witnesses, asked the court to officially swear him in as the worldwide leader of the organisation.. ernest gericke, in papers before the court, told judge bill prinsloo that the “first business of the christ is the legal establishment of the kingdom of god on earth, known as the jehovah’s kingdom.” .

  gericke said this involved the the conducting of a covenant for a kingdom, which is to take place on april 11. .

  “in order to effect the legal requirements for the kingdom this honourable court is requested to hear the public oath of the office of the king.

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  I am not sure if he claimed that. He claims that Russell came to him in a dream and informed him that he is the only anointed member on the earth, he wanted to be installed as president and be awarded 1 billion dollars. He also sued Apple and Google because both companies took his app off of their stores because it violated copyright laws. BTW when you sue Google you shouldn't have all correspondents go to your free Gmail account.
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  Pretoria resident says - before high court in South Africa - he is the anointed one !

  by ZAPPA-ESQUE in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  pretoria [ south africa] - an unusual urgent application served before the gauteng high court this week,in which a lyttelton manor resident, who said he is was known as the “anointed one” among jehovah’s witnesses, asked the court to officially swear him in as the worldwide leader of the organisation.. ernest gericke, in papers before the court, told judge bill prinsloo that the “first business of the christ is the legal establishment of the kingdom of god on earth, known as the jehovah’s kingdom.” .

  gericke said this involved the the conducting of a covenant for a kingdom, which is to take place on april 11. .

  “in order to effect the legal requirements for the kingdom this honourable court is requested to hear the public oath of the office of the king.

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  There was a case in the US where a man did the same thing.
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  When did the $4000.00 USD per day fine actually begin?

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm just curious as to the timing.

  i'm trying to inform someone abou this issue and i want my information to be factual.. dd.

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  June 23, 2016, is when the Judge filed his ruling for sanctions. July 6, 2016, Watchtower filed their notice of appeal. August 31, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion for additional sanctions. September 7, 2016, Watchtower filed a motion to stay all proceedings that are listed in their appeal over the sanctions.

  To verify above you can look at https://roa.sdcourt.ca.gov/roa/

  Once you accept the terms of service and verify you are a human. The year is 2013 and the case number you will want to put in is 00067529.

  According to the California Appeals court August 3, 2016, the court of appeals asked questions to Watchtower to see if they can even hear the case. On August 26, 2016, the court accepted the appeal to be heard but did say that they can reverse that decision. The question on the August 3 is that sanctions cannot be appealed unless it reaches 5,000 dollars, so there was a question of is each day a separate sanction or all considered the same sanction that would surpass the minimum amount of $5000.
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  JWs - Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  fyi.

  saturday 15 april 2017, 4pm to 6pm.

  organ, tissue and eye donation.

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  Richard Oliver

  Orphan Crow you are right. The person putting on the event wrote back and stated that the reason they are doing hemoglobin checks is to show if someone is possibly anemic and to encourage them to go to their doctor to diagnose and help manage it.
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  Lewis V Watchtower

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  as some may know as reported by jwsurvey in october 2014 that a lawsuit against watchtower was initiated in vermont.

  march 30, 2017 saw a resolution to this case with a summary judgment being filled in watchtower favor..

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  Dubstepped the only reason that I "resurrected" this matter now was because the case is finally resolved. Did you make the same complaint when people "resurrected" the Fessler case because it was going to trial and was looking bad for Watchtower? That was an even older case than 2014, I didn't hear you complain that it didn't matter when that case came back into everyone's' consciousness.