Court's voice began cracking when he spoke of the late Pension Board trustee Kevin Estabrooks writing his own eulogy 7 weeks before dying to make clear he didn't do anything wrong or steal any money.
Court says, to him, that's defamatory because to destroy someone's name is defamation since nothing is more important than your good name.
He also testified Ferguson's accusations hurt people with so much animosity at Council, you could sometimes cut it with a knife but no proof of gross negligence on the part of the Pension Board was ever offered.
Court believes Ferguson's real problem was that he just didn't like city management for some reason.
