[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
Hi Sue,
Those beef guys never learn, do they? :)
Bill
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 18:58:59 -0700 Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>AMARILLO, Texas, April 11 (UPI) -- The beef defamation dispute
>pitting
>Oprah Winfrey and her show against Texas cattlemen has deepened after
>the Texas Beef Group and other cattle companies joined an appeal
>against
>a jury decision acquitting Winfrey and her show.
> Cattleman Paul Engler filed an appeal March 27 after an
>Amarillo
>jury
>acquitted Winfrey, her show and a guest of allegations that their
>comments defamed beef and cost the beef producers millions of dollars.
>
> The civil trial ended in February.
> Court documents show that Texas Beef Group, Perryton Feeders
>Inc.,
>Maltese Cross Cattle Co., Bravo Cattle Co., Alpha 3 Cattle Co. and
>Dripping Springs Cattle Co. joined the appeal Friday in Fifth Circuit
>Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
> In June 1996, Engler sued in U.S. District Court, two months
>after
>Winfrey and a guest discussed the health threat from beef consumption.
>
> The April l6, l996, show was broadcast during an international
>scare
>over so-called ``mad cow'' disease, which devastated cattle herds in
>the
>United Kingdom.
> The disease, which can affect the brain, poses a threat to
>humans who
>consume infected beef.
> After a trial that turned hundreds of Panhandle residents into
>
>stargazers out to catch a glimpse of Winfrey and her Hollywood guests,
>
>jurors acquitted Winfrey and the other defendants.
>--
>Two rules in life:
>
>1. Don't tell people everything you know.
>2.
>
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