Back in 2009, Canada's National Post wrote a series of articles attacking preeminent climate scientist, Dr. Andrew Weaver. In return, Weaver filed a lawsuit against the paper, publisher and three journalists for the many false claims made against him.
After weaving his way through the courts, Weaver was granted a $50,000 victory in the case on Friday. While the judge stopped short of finding the defendants guilty of malice, they were found to have "deliberately created a negative impression of Dr. Weaver" and to have been "careless or indifferent to the accuracy of the facts."
The full text of the decision is available here, but if you don't speak legalese, Brad Johnson at Hill Heat has a great little summary of the case, as does HuffPo Canada, while DeSmog has some exclusive quotes as does Greg Laden.
For those keeping score, this plus Mann's win vs ATI makes it scientists 2, deniers 0. We'll see if Mann's case vs NRO/Steyn makes it three for three.
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