Plagiarizing B.C. judge prompts new trial

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: CBC

A B.C. woman who was awarded millions of dollars to help care for her brain-damaged son will have to go back to court to try to get the money because the judge in the lawsuit plagiarized most of his decision, a higher court has ruled.

Monica Cojocaru was awarded more than $5 million in April 2009 after successfully suing B.C. Women's Hospital and its medical staff for negligence during the birth of her son.

The child, Eric Cojocaru, was left with permanent brain damage after a complicated vaginal delivery in 2001.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/04/14/bc-award-overturned-cojocaru.html

[Hissyspit]

1. What?

[Blue_Tires]

2. wow....crazy

[saras]

3. WTF? Isn't this what case law IS?

[rpannier]

4. The plagarism wasn't from case law

The panel found more than 300 of the 368 paragraphs were almost identical to submissions made by the Cojocaru family's lawyer.

[Downwinder]

5. Sue the Judge for additional atty. fees?

[davidinalameda]

6. that's just damn silly

the appeals court ruling makes no sense