Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I probably should've read the link first, I'm glad to hear both the criminal and civil cases are still proceeding.

I'm confused. It sounds to me like the civil case is proceeding in a much narrower scope? Or is the decision in the article somehow separate from the civil case?

I'm sure there's someone better placed than me to summarise, but from what I gather based on that link:

- Josh successfully argued to limit the scope of the civil claim to exclude punitive damages
- the victim's family may still be awarded compensatory damages should their claim ultimately succeed
- when the civil case was commenced, Josh hadn't been charged criminally; now that he has, Josh has sought the civil case is temporarily stayed until the resolution of the criminal matter
- the civil matter is back in court next month in relation to the latter issue

The Aus/NZ leg kicks off in less than three weeks, will be interesting to see if Josh is in the touring party.