Guest guest Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 At the link are both some excerpts of the show, where the attorney says the Polings DID present evidence of an autism-vaccine link, and the full transcript in downloadable MS Word format. http://www.autismfathers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29 A Lawyer's take: THE POLINGS DID PRESENT " EVIDENCE " The Polings presented evidence of a link by way of affidavits (written testimony) and medical documents. They just didn't repeat that testimony live, during a court hearing. There is no legal distinction. Both documentary evidence and spoken evidence are evidence. As an attorney who has tried cases in court, I can tell you there is NO legal difference. This whole line of argument by the vaccine apologists is complete B.S. The don't know law. CONCEDING POLING'S CASE PREVENTED A PRECEDENT The Poling's case WAS set to be a test case for the other 5000 pending cases. Since the government settled it, the Poling's case is no longer a test case for the other 5000. The reason why the government decided to concede the Polings case before it went to hearing is obvious: the government knew it would lose, and did not want the Poling's case to establish an autism-vaccine link that would be legally binding in some of the other 5000 cases. The vaccine apologists are angry because the Poling's case HAS become binding precedent in another court, the court of public opinion -- which is out of their control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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