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Cartoonist Steve Kelley, whose suit against the Union-Tribune was thrown out by Superior Court Judge Jay Bloom in early November, has filed a motion of reconsideration with the judge. It will be heard Dec. 22. In the suit, Kelley charges that the U-T interfered with a contract that he had with Steve Breen, U-T cartoonist, to develop a comic strip. In the motion, Kelley's attorney, Bob Gaglione, emphasizes an aspect that Bloom mysteriously did not mention in tossing out the case: the sudden switch, under oath, of U-T cartoonist Steve Breen. Breen testified under oath that he had met with his editor, Bill Osborne; he remembered details of the meeting. A bit more than a month later, the U-T's law firm stated that Breen no longer remembered the communications with Osborne. Shortly, Breen signed a declaration -- again under oath -- that he really did not remember the communications with Osborne, despite all kinds of evidence that they were a critical part of his decision to back out of the strip. He also could not remember meeting with Karin Winner, even though he had testified about details of the meeting with her earlier.
Cartoonist Steve Kelley, whose suit against the Union-Tribune was thrown out by Superior Court Judge Jay Bloom in early November, has filed a motion of reconsideration with the judge. It will be heard Dec. 22. In the suit, Kelley charges that the U-T interfered with a contract that he had with Steve Breen, U-T cartoonist, to develop a comic strip. In the motion, Kelley's attorney, Bob Gaglione, emphasizes an aspect that Bloom mysteriously did not mention in tossing out the case: the sudden switch, under oath, of U-T cartoonist Steve Breen. Breen testified under oath that he had met with his editor, Bill Osborne; he remembered details of the meeting. A bit more than a month later, the U-T's law firm stated that Breen no longer remembered the communications with Osborne. Shortly, Breen signed a declaration -- again under oath -- that he really did not remember the communications with Osborne, despite all kinds of evidence that they were a critical part of his decision to back out of the strip. He also could not remember meeting with Karin Winner, even though he had testified about details of the meeting with her earlier.