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Cozen O’Connor secured a decisive victory for a prominent climate scientist, Dr. Michael Mann, in a long-running defamation claim against an adjunct scholar with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and a TV/radio personality who wrote for the National Review. Following a four-week jury trial, Dr. Mann was awarded over $1 million in punitive damages by a jury in the District of Columbia Superior Court.
The climate scientist Michael Mann has been awarded $1m (£0.8m; €0.9m) in a defamation lawsuit against two writers who compared his scientific work to that of a former football coach who was convicted of child molestation.
In a statement posted on Mann’s X account,1 one of his legal team, Pete Fontaine, said, “Today’s verdict vindicates Mike Mann’s good name and reputation. It also is a big victory for truth and scientists everywhere who dedicate …
A jury has awarded climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in a defamation lawsuit he brought against a former scholar and a media personality who lampooned Mann’s work.