Topics: Jury Awards - 193 results

Two retired cops must pay $7 million to a man they framed who served 26 years in prison for rape and murder until he was exonerated based on DNA evidence. Anthony Caravella was a 15-year-old with an IQ of 67 when he was arrested in 1983 by Miramar, Fla., police officers, William Mantesta and George Pierson, for stealing a bike. The two officers kept him in custody for a week and he eventually confessed to the rape and murder of …

A woman who was fired after reporting her boss’ drug activity won a $1.6 million jury verdict against her employer. Maria Pietrowski was a senior case manager for the Kintock Group, a company in Bridegeton, N.J., that helps ex-convicts get back on their feet after they are released from prison. Pietrowski spoke up about two situations where she thought her boss was wrong. She believed that her boss was involved in drug activity and she thought he was violating public …

A military vet who survived the war in Iraq only to come home to Florida and suffer brain damage after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver won a $26 million jury verdict. Dustin Brink, a 31-year-old vet who served in the Iraq War, was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle in Kissimmee, Fla., in 2008 when he was hit by Juan Ruiz Pereles, who was driving his father’s car. Brink’s head hit the pavement and caused serious injury to brain functions …

A student who developed encephalitis after bein bitten by a tick on a school trip in China won a $42 million verdict against a prep school. Cara Munn was a 15-year-old freshman at the Hotchkiss School, a private boarding school in Salisbury, Conn., when she went on a school trip to China in the summer of 2007. After a hike in a rural area known for ticks and mosquitoes, she became ill. Munn’s parents, Orson and Christine, flew to China …

A drywall worker who built houses during the California housing boom in the 1970s, when asbestos was used in virtually every type of building material, has won a $27 million jury award for a cancer caused by the toxic substance. When he was still in high school in 1967, Michael Sutherland got a job as a drywaller and continued working on residential and office buildings in San Diego County for over 25 years. Sutherland would rush from job to job, …