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Abuse Survivor's $4M Judgment Against Jehovah's Witness Umbrella Organization Upheld by Court

Yahoo Finance

A Yahoo Finance report, published 10 December 2018, on California's Fourth District Court of Appeal upholding a 4,016,152.39 dollar judgment against Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc., the top organizational body of Jehovah's Witnesses, in a civil suit brought on behalf of a woman identified as J.W. who was molested as a child by a congregation elder in 2006, after Watchtower refused to hand over documents it received in response to a 1997 letter to congregations concerning known molesters.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Reliability tier 2: a wire-style news account of the appellate court's own ruling, naming the exact judgment figure, the court and the case background, corroborated by an independent California legal-commentary blog citing the same case number.
Notes
Tier 2: the source for the exact judgment figure, the court's name, the ruling date and the case background, cross checked against an independent legal-commentary blog citing the same appellate case number.
Citation
Publisher
Yahoo Finance
Publication Year
2018
URL
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/abuse-survivor-apos-4m-judgment-120037483.html
Source Type
news
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Jehovah's Witnesses, Denominations

This source names Jehovah's Witnesses directly: "Inc., the top organizational body of Jehovah's Witnesses, in a civil suit brought on behalf of a woman identified as J.W."

Source Abuse Survivor's $4M Judgment Against Jehovah's Witness Umbrella Organization Upheld by Court
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)

This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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