Wakefield Case Against Deer, Godlee & BMJ Dismissed « Stuff And Nonsense

Over at Stuff and Nonsense:

It has been reported that Andrew Wakefield’s case against Fiona Godlee, Brian Deer and the BMJ has been thrown out. The Statesman has this: “In a one-paragraph order, Travis County District Judge Amy Clark Meachum said Texas courts don’t have jurisdiction over the parties Wakefield sued. She tossed out the case.”

Wakefield has been quoted as saying that he plans to appeal. Defense attorney Marc Fuller, meanwhile, has said: “from our perspective, it’s over”. According to the Statesman, Godlee and Deer “called the case frivolous and said it fit a pattern of Wakefield trying to silence his critics with lawsuits”.

Brian Deer’s website has a page on the anti-SLAPP motion (that links to this PDF of the Judge’s order). The page describes Wakefield’s lawsuit as a fourth attempt to gag the media. The judgement of Justice Eady in one such case is available here. I think the following comment supports the view that Wakefield attempts to silence his critics with lawsuits:...

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It's diagnostic of Junk scientists, that sooner or later, when their logic and the evidence are transparently flimsy,  legal bullying is pulled out  to try and intimidate rational critics. The Pundit knows this by direct experience.