http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/ap/2006/09/28/america/NA_GEN_US_Farrakhan_Son_Lawsuit.php Son of Nation of Islam leader ordered to pay couple $800,000 for accident that injured woman
<http://ad.fr.doubleclick.net/jump/americas.iht.com;cat=index;sz=336x280;ord=123456789?> HAMMOND, Indiana A jury ordered the son of Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan to pay more than $800,000 (€629,300) for causing a highway collision three years ago that left a woman with chronic pain. Nasir Farrakhan said he had accepted responsibility for the crash, but refused to pay Gladys Peterson's medical bills because he contended her neck and back pain existed before the crash. The federal jurors on Wednesday ordered Farrakhan to pay Peterson $448,838 (€353,100) in compensatory damages and her husband, Charles, $15,561, (€12,240) in compensatory damages. They also ordered $350,000 (€275,300) in punitive damages. Farrakhan's attorney, Shelice R. Tolbert, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Nasir Farrakhan did not take the stand during the trial. He had already pleaded guilty to criminal recklessness and had served 15 days of community service for his role in the accident. The Petersons also sued Louis Farrakhan, the registered owner of the vehicle, but the suit filed in Indiana federal court was dropped for lack of jurisdiction. The Nation of Islam emerged around the 1930s in the African-American community and mixed a message of black empowerment with Muslim traditions, but also adopted views that orthodox Muslims consider heretical, such as considering its longtime leader Elijah Muhammad a prophet and linking whites with evil. After Muhammad's death in 1975, many of the Nation of Islam's followers turned to mainstream Islam, but Louis Farrakhan restarted the old NOI under his own leadership. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
