Historical records document at least 200 trials in which an animal was the principal defendant. (newscientist.com)
But neither Constantine nor Ingram are likely to ever be paid even in significant part, since the principal defendants in each case lacked insurance and lacked other assets sufficient to satisfy much more than the victims» legal fees. (animals24-7.org)
The plaintiff submits that if he were obliged to provide notice to all the respondents to this application, then the principal defendants, Mr. Mitchell and Deep Capture LLC, would simply transfer their domain name and website files elsewhere, and carry on what would possibly be an even more aggressive campaign of defamation, or create a parallel website under a different name so as to make the tracking down and removal of the defamatory articles almost impossible. (slaw.ca)