WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Dr. Michael Mann’s defamation claims
against Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn are now going forward in the
District of Columbia Superior Court.

The claims arose after Simberg and Steyn wrote their oppositions
to Dr. Mann’s “hockey stick” graph that depicted a dramatic increase in
global temperatures during the 20th century. In December, the D.C. Court of
Appeals ruled that Mann can continue with his defamation claims.

Simberg’s accusations, written on July 13, 2012, compared Mann’s research to Jerry Sandusky’s child-abuse scandal at Penn State University. An excerpt read, “Mann could
be said to be the Jerry Sandusky of climate science, except for instead of
molesting children, he has molested and tortured data in service of politicized
science that could have dire consequences for the nation and planet.”

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