Legal Opinion

News World Communications, Inc. v. Thompsen

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 14, 2005No. 04-CV-346PublishedCited by 119 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

A jury awarded Elaine J.S. Thompsen $100,000 on her claim of unjust enrichment against News World Communications, Inc. (the Times), a corporation which publishes a daily newspaper known as The Washington Times. The Times filed a timely post-trial motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law (JMOL) or, in the alternative, for a new trial, relying, inter alia, on a statute of limitations defense which it had asserted in pretrial motions and throughout the trial. On March 11, 2004, the trial judge denied the Times’ post-trial motion. Judgment was entered on the verdict, and…

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