Facebook Comment Derails Rick Springfield Trial
Syracuse Post-Standard reporter Doug Dowty has been documenting an unusual legal precedent in Central New York. For the first time, a state Supreme Court trial that was about to go to jury deliberations was declared a mistrial as a result of new evidence discovered via social media.
A 43-year-old woman, Vicki Calcagno, had been suing singer Rick Springfield for damages related to his alleged fall from the stage into the audience at a 2004 State Fair performance.
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