What happens next in the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News?

[BeckyDem]

Opening statements for the trial begin Monday, with Dominion saying that Fox deliberately spread false election claims.


14 Apr 2023

Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corporation, are currently the subject of a $1.6bn defamation lawsuit, alleging they deliberately pushed false claims about the Colorado-based company Dominion Voting Systems and its role in the 2020 presidential election.

Opening statements in the case are scheduled to start on Monday in the US state of Delaware. Dominion is seeking damages for harm caused to its reputation and business, after Fox aired false allegations that the voting machine company was involved in widespread election fraud.

What is the case about, what do we know so far, and what can we expect with the trial set to kick off next week?

( excerpt)
No widespread fraud occurred during the 2020 election, but Trump and his supporters pushed those claims as justification for efforts to overturn the election results.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/14/what-happens-next-in-the-dominion-lawsuit-against-fox-news


( Naive of me I suppose but I am ecstatic about this lawsuit, it is critical Dominion win against the sewer Fox News. I believe they have a solid shot at it. Fingers crossed and all that. )

[Scrivener7]

1. How can they move forward if there is going to be a special master

investigating whether the Fox lawyers scammed on the discovery?

[2naSalit]

2. Isn't jury selection starting now?

[BeckyDem]

3. Yes.

Jury selection begins in historic Dominion defamation trial against Fox News

By Marshall Cohen, CNN
Updated 10:53 AM EDT, Fri April 14, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/media/fox-news-dominion-trial-jury/index.html




I wish I could be on the jury!

[SCantiGOP]

4. There is still the possibility

that a settlement can be reached before the trial starts.
They refer to it in the press as settling a case “on the Courthouse steps,” but that sometimes literally happens.
Especially if the defendant faces massive embarrassment along with almost certain loss in the trial.

[BeckyDem]

5. Noooo.

I hope Dominion does not entertain that idea at all.

To say the least, Fox will then be emboldened to continue to lie.