Burlington Northern agent admits in court that he lied.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 1996-- Update regarding Dallas jury award of $8.5 million to General Projection Systems Inc. against Burlington Northern Railroad Co. Responding today to Burlington Northern's refusal to comment on allegations that Burlington's agent admitted in court he had lied to General Projection employees, General Projection attaches an excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. from that testimony. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Drake Wayson, president of General Projection: "We had known about, and demonstrated in court, Burlington's behavior in this matter. It's clear from the award of $7.5 million in punitive damages Monetary compensation awarded to an injured party that goes beyond that which is necessary to compensate the individual for losses and that is intended to punish the wrongdoer. that the jury felt such action must not be tolerated. What is most disappointing to me is to have been present to listen to Burlington's `contrition' in the courtroom last week during the punitive phase of the trial and now to see that they not only will not acknowledge what their own agent admitted or the actions that they took, but intend to appeal the very decision made by the jury regarding Burlington's behavior. "I think that it is important for Burlington to explain its actions for the benefit of the people they deal with, whether they be contractors, vendors, employees or stockholders. By their statement, it does not appear that Burlington intends to learn from this event. If that is true, then I am truly disappointed." Background: On Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1996, a Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. jury of 11 men and women deliberated for just over two hours before finding Burlington Northern Railroad The Burlington Northern Railroad (AAR reporting marks BN) was a United States-based railroad company operating between 1970 and 1995. History The Burlington Northern was the product of a March 2, 1970 merger comprising the Great Northern Railway, the Northern Co. guilty of breach of contract, negligence, gross negligence An indifference to, and a blatant violation of, a legal duty with respect to the rights of others. Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or , conversion of General Projection property and of acting with malice malice, in law, an intentional violation of the law of crimes or torts that injures another person. Malice need not involve a malignant spirit or the definite intent to do harm. toward General Projection. The jury awarded General Projection over $1 million in actual damages Noun 1. actual damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated compensatory damages, general damages and $7.5 million in punitive damages after the trial, which lasted almost four weeks, ended. For more information on this matter, please contact Cheryl Dickens, Director of Marketing for General Projection Systems at 407/260-5511 (email: CDickens@genproj.com). Excerpt from trial transcript: Q. Do you consider it part of your professional tone in correspondence in dealing with a contractor to mislead mis·lead tr.v. mis·led , mis·lead·ing, mis·leads 1. To lead in the wrong direction. 2. To lead into error of thought or action, especially by intentionally deceiving. See Synonyms at deceive. them? A. No. Q. You didn't tell GPS the truth on March 23, 1995 when you gathered them all in that Room 267, did you? A. You are correct. I did not. Q. Do you feel good about that? A. Yes. Q. Okay. But that's after the fact, right, because you didn't agree with the termination to begin with? A. I don't think that has anything to do with the termination. Q. So you think it's okay under certain circumstances to lie to a contractor, am I right? A. In that circumstance, yes. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email address noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between CDickens and genproj.com. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: General Projection Systems Cheryl Dickens, Director of Marketing 407/260-5511 email: CDickens@genproj.com |
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