Current Events > Jury rules Ammon Bundy and co. Must pay $52.5 million for hospital harassment

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https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/07/24/bundy-rodriguez-and-groups-ordered-to-pay-52-5m-in-damages-for-idaho-hospital-harassment-jury-rules/

More than a year after anti-government activist Ammon Bundy and his supporters swarmed a Boise hospital, prompting a shutdown that diverted ambulances to other hospitals, a jury ordered Bundy, his associate Diego Rodriguez and a network of groups to pay $52.5 million in damages to Idahos largest hospital system and to the medical professionals they harassed.

Attorneys representing St. Lukes Health System requested at least $16 million in damages for immediate costs. But attorney Erik Stidham argued the hospital systems future damages such as security costs should be factored in because the groups online messages harassing those involved continue to circulate. The health systems attorneys requested $37 million.

The jury awarded all plaintiffs which include the hospital system and three employees $26.5 million in damages, but added $26 million in punitive costs.

The ruling, announced Monday in Ada County District Court, caps a lawsuit that has taken more than a year to make its way through the court system. Bundy and Rodriguez have sought to avoid the proceedings by dodging several attempts to be served with legal notices and arrest warrants, and they did not appear or direct attorneys to represent them in the two-week long jury trial.

The lawsuit filed in May 2022 accused Bundy, Rodriguez and their closely linked political organizations Peoples Rights Network and Freedom Man PAC of defamation and harassment. The hospital systems attorneys have also accused Bundy and Rodriguez of hiding their financial assets to avoid being required to pay the lawsuit.

Where are they now that it is their time to be held accountable? Stidham, an attorney with Holland and Hart representing St. Lukes, rhetorically asked the court of Bundy and Rodriguez. They are hiding.

Interesting how theyre loud and proud when they do dumb shit theyre known or doing. Then when it comes time to be held accountable for their actions, they go into hiding.

A sharpshooter should have taken these assholes down years ago.
It blows my mind that Bundy is still breathing.