4-choice Poll. Nancy Grace...Innocent, Guilty, Innocent Scumbag, Guilty Scumbag.

[Human Torch]

Nancy Grace Sued By Estate Of Melinda Duckett For Wrongful Death



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/11/21/nancy-grace-sued-by-estat_e_34615.html

Nancy Grace and CNN were sued today by the estate and family of Melinda Duckett, the mother of missing toddler Trenton Duckett who committed suicide after being aggressively questioned by Grace on her Headline News show. The family's complaint alleges that "intentional infliction of emotional distress" and misrepresentation, alleging that Grace enticed Duckett on to the show as a means of helping to find the boy and drawing attention to the case, and then "harassing and intimidating an anguished and severely mentally distressed mother" under completely false pretenses. The complaint also alleges that Grace and her co-workers misrepresented their purpose to Duckett's attorney. the complaint also alleges intentional infliction of emotional distress on Duckett's family in the airing of the tape after Duckett's death without the consent of the family or estate, "in order to improve their ratings and for the prospective monetary gain of Defendant NANCY GRACE and Defendant CNN in malicious and contumacious disregard to inflicting severe emotional distress and damage" on the Plaintiffs.

The complaint was filed by Duckett's parents, William and Beth Eubank, and also names Duckett's estranged husband Joshua Duckett, who has made numerous appearances on Grace's show, as a defendant.

[951-Riverside]

1. I wonder why this lady deserves money but not the blacks who were also verbally assualted

by this Michael Richards?

[rpannier]

2. The question here is...

whether nancy grace is culpable in the suicide of a woman.
ms grace mislead a distraught woman onto her show with the understanding that ms grace was going to try and aid in finding this woman's missing son.
Then ms grace proceeded to barrage this woman with questions that implied the mother was responsible for the disappearance of her son and ms grace wanted a confession (which would improve her ratings).

Is ms grace culpable...yes. Because she mislead an unstable woman onto her show and then blindsided her.

The people mr richards insulted were paying customers. He did not invite them in with the intent of hurling racial insults at them.

In my opinion, the two situations are not analogous.

[Human Torch]

3. "...she mislead an unstable woman onto her show and then blindsided her..."

Absolutely correct, and comparing the situation to the Michael Richards debacle...or anything else, for that matter...is mixing apples & oranges.

:patriot:

[porphyrian]

4. Don't just burn her, though, burn the producers and CNN, too. - n/t

[Human Torch]

7. CNN accepts ultimate responsibility for the shows they air.

I haven't looked at Grace's show to see if they run a standard "The opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of CNN, etc etc etc..."

...but...if Grace comes out on the losing end of this, I can't imagine CNN simply walking away without a scratch.

:patriot:

[MrSlayer]

5. She's a scumbag but she didn't kill the woman.

It's bullshit to sue her over this.

[Human Torch]

6. There's an underlying question...

...Nancy Grace exhibits what I would classify as "predictable behavior."

SO...the question is "Did the deceased woman know who she was dealing with?"

And the legal battle centers around:

1). If she DID, and dealt with her ANYWAY, she accepted the consequences

2). If she DIDN'T, and Grace's actions constitute an act of deception toward an unstable woman, what is the degree of Grace's liability?

Granted, that's an over-simplification, but I'm also not a judge.

:patriot:

[zeemike]

13. You must remember that no one is accusing her of murder

That would be a criminal matter.
The legal question is whether the Wicked Witch of the West through negligence caused harm to the family of that woman.
And I am comfortable with not making a judgment on that and leave it to a jury to do that.

[kdpeters]

17. They're suing over intentional infliction of emotional distress

Not murder. It's clear that the family has a good case. They deserve their day in court and Nancy Disgrace at long last must take responsibility for her own actions.

[rwenos]

8. Y'all Need to Take Another Look

at the First Amendment.

She's a scumbag, but she didn't make that woman kill herself, and it's JUST POSSIBLE the woman was guilty as hell, and killed herself because of that.

Even RW journalists are JOURNALISTS, for God's sake.

[Human Torch]

9. That's why there are four choices...

...because the First Amendment protects men and women who are scumbags, as well as those who are not.

:patriot:

[rwenos]

10. Amen

But I had difficulty characterizing Nancy as "innocent". I don't think she's guilty, but "innocent" is a s - t - r - e - t - c - h.

She vibes KNOWING. I have no personal experience, but isn't that part of the appeal of whores?

[Human Torch]

11. Well, she didn't kill the woman, but...

...I truly feel that she took unfair advantage of a very unstable woman.

I have no idea what that means in "legal" terms.

But it's like the story of the frog and the scorpion.

The frog is preparing to swim across the stream when the scorpion, sitting on the banks, asks if he can ride on the frog's back.

"If I let you do that, you'll sting me, and I'll die," replied the frog.

"Don't be foolish," replied the scorpion. "If I sting you, we'll both drown. I will simply be in your debt for your act of kindness."

The frog agreed. As he reached the edge of the river bank, he felt a sharp, burning sensation in the middle of his back. As he lay dying on the shore, he looked up at the scorpion and said "You...PROMISED..."

To which the scorpion replied "Hey, I'm a scorpion...I STING things."

:patriot:

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. Even right wing journalists are journalists --

but NG is no journalist. She is a scandal-mongering whore who is only slightly less repulsive than Glen Beck. It is for the courts to decide who is and isn't guilty, not her. I can only hope this will end her career.

[Human Torch]

14. She's ABSOLUTELY cut from the same cloth as Glenn Beck.

:patriot:

[Cameron27]

15. The woman was clearly distraught

and it's my opinion, along with others here, that she was deliberately misled about the purpose of her "interview" with Grace.

I did see a clip of the show & Nancy Grace verbally brutalized the woman...I vote guilty scumbag.

[restante]

16. Ms. Grace uses language

as a weapon. One wonders how a fellow human can be trained to be this ugly. This program, along with so many others, does nothing to help, improve, assist or entertain viewers. If you enjoy this type of TV viewing, you would probably pull the wings from flies. She is guilty of verbal trashing of anyone who ventures near her cameras. Why do viewers like this program? And why do indivduals of any stripe participate in television exposure of their personal affairs? She could not do it if the appearances did not take place. I wonder if they are paid. She is probably not guilty of any criminal act. Only being a disgusting human being.