BVC-CHAT FW: Dallas Morning News E-mail Edition: June 14, 2005

Hank Seidel hank at hankseidel.com
Tue Jun 14 16:57:15 CDT 2005 

Not that I disagree but she may need to work to pay off any civil  
judgement against her.

On Jun 14, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Laura Kennedy wrote:

> This is absolutely outrageous.  If she had deliberately struck another  
> car she wouldn't be getting community service.  She INTENDED to hit  
> this man, and in doing that demonstrated that she had no regard for  
> his life.  I really like the comment about distracted driving not  
> being a crime - if the man had died would the defense attorney have  
> made that statement????
> On Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 04:49 PM, Hank Seidel wrote:
>
>> No jail time for SMU prof
>> Dallas: Jury agrees she hit cyclist deliberately, gives her community  
>> service
>> 01:05 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 14, 2005
>> By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News
>>  A Southern Methodist University law professor who was found guilty  
>> of aggravated assault will not have to go to jail.
>>  A Dallas jury today sentenced Jane Dolkart to five years of  
>> probation and two years of community service.
>>  On Monday, that same jury determined that Dolkart intentionally  
>> struck bicyclist Tommy Thomas with her car at White Rock Lake last  
>> May.
>>
>>  Jane Dolkart
>>  The tenured labor and employment law professor bowed her head and  
>> sobbed after the verdict was read on Monday, and bailiffs began  
>> taking her fingerprints. She was allowed to post a $2,500 bond.
>>  Witnesses said Ms. Dolkart was visibly upset and honking the horn of  
>> her Volkswagen Passat as she followed Mr.Thomas and a friend along  
>> West Lawther Drive near Mockingbird Lane in Lakewood.
>>  Mr. Thomas testified that he feared for his life when Ms. Dolkart's  
>> car struck the rear of his bicycle and dragged him under the car  
>> several feet. He suffered bruises and abrasions to his left forearm  
>> and a sore shoulder.
>>  A police officer who investigated the incident testified that Ms.  
>> Dolkart acknowledged "tapping" Mr. Thomas' bicycle because he was  
>> blocking her way as she drove to meet friends to ride her own bicycle  
>> at the lake about 10 a.m. on a Sunday. During the trial, Ms. Dolkart  
>> denied making that statement.
>>  Testifying in her defense, Ms. Dolkart said that she did not intend  
>> to hit the bike but that Mr. Thomas slowed suddenly as he pedaled in  
>> front of her. In closing arguments, attorney Mike Gibson said the  
>> incident was nothing more than an accident and disputed the argument  
>> that Ms. Dolkart's car was a deadly weapon. He said the victim's  
>> account of the collision was "exaggerated and full of mistakes."
>>  "If distracted driving was a crime, we'd have to build five  
>> courthouses because people do it every day," he said.
>>  Prosecutor Danny Oliphant said witness accounts and physical  
>> evidence from the accident proved that Ms. Dolkart's driving was  
>> deliberate.
>>  "It wasn't just an accident. It wasn't just a mistake. This was an  
>> intentional act," he said.
>>  E-mail rtharp at dallasnews.com
>> WFAA contributed to this report.
>> On Jun 14, 2005, at 4:25 PM, Lisa Tauferner wrote:
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>>> Can somebody paste the story since you have to
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>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Lisa
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