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Apple Claims Ignorance of Jury Foreman's Previous Tangle With Samsung
quantr writes with the news that Apple claims that the company "wasn't aware during trial that the foreman of the jury that issued a $1.05 billion verdict against Samsung Electronics Co. was involved in a lawsuit with his former employer, Seagate Technology Inc. 'Samsung asked Apple to disclose when it first learned about the litigation between the jury foreman, Velvin Hogan, and Seagate. Apple responded in a filing yesterday in federal court in San Jose, California. Samsung is attempting to get the Aug. 24 verdict thrown out based on claims the trial was tainted by the foreman's failure during jury selection to tell U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh, who presided over the case, that he filed for bankruptcy in 1993 and was sued by Seagate."
meh. it sounds like a fishing expidition to me. make a whole lot of noise, waive your arms around. try anything to invalidate a case that you lost. i dont blame samsung's lawyers, because if they cant turn this shite around then their reputation is toast, but its not fair to the foreman whose name is getting dragged through the mud.
let's have a conversation! let me know what you think.
Google what? His point is that it's NOT relevant, which is true. Oh, right, it's relevant to your Apple-hate. Sorry, carry on.
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worst case, this judgment is thrown out and there's another trial where apple wins even more money. sammy should stop while they're not too far behind!