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News Release from: Gamma Technologies
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Team on 15 September 2004
President wins defamation suit
An Illinois state court jury has awarded $100,000 in punitive damages to an automotive software executive in a lawsuit over untrue and defamatory e-mails.
An Illinois state court jury has awarded $100,000 in punitive damages to an automotive software executive in a lawsuit over untrue and defamatory e-mails The DuPage County jury on 31st August 2004 further awarded $30,000 in compensatory damages to Thomas Morel, President of Gamma Technologies, based in Westmont, Illinois
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Morel alleged that in June 2002 Fawzan Alsharif, Business Development Manager for the Software Division of Ricardo, recklessly and maliciously defamed him in a series of e-mails sent to more than 60 persons in the automotive industry.
Specifically, Morel alleged that the e-mails were untrue and defamatory both personally and to his company.
During the two-day trial, the jury heard evidence that showed that Alsharif had fabricated and sent the e-mails under an assumed name after concluding that he needed to "smear" Morel's reputation in order for Ricardo to be able to compete with Gamma Technologies for sales of automotive software products, according to Morel's attorney, James A Fletcher of the Chicago-based firm of Fletcher and Sippel.
The Ricardo firm, with operations in Van Buren Township, Michigan and in Burr Ridge, Illinois, was not a defendant in the case.
"I am pleased that the facts finally came to light and that the jury vindicated me", said Morel.
"Now, I can again turn all my focus on our software products".
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