Jury

Florida Jury Returns $779M Verdict for Family of Security Guard Killed at Gambling Cafe

Florida Jury Returns $779M Verdict for Family of Security Guard Killed at Gambling Cafe

A Gadsden County, Florida, jury awarded $779 million, believed to be a record for the county near Tallahassee, to the family of a security guard who was killed at what was called an illegal internet gambling café in 2023. Ben Crump, the high-profile lawyer who has handled civil rights lawsuits around the country, represented the

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Jury Finds Agent Guilty of Twice Misappropriating Client’s Insurance Funds

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A Baltimore County jury has found Michael C. Okolo, of Parkville, Maryland, guilty of two counts of insurance fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. According to Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown Okolo was found to have twice misappropriated a client’s funds that were intended for life insurance and annuity policy premiums. After

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Jury Awards $10 Million to Virginia Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student

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A jury in Newport News, Virginia, has awarded $10 million to a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student. Abby Zwerner, who was shot in January 2023 in her first-grade classroom, originally asked for $40 million against a former assistant principal, Ebony Parker. In her lawsuit, Zwerner accused Parker of failing to investigate or

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Compliance, Broker Products; MBA on Credit Costs; LO Strategy for Aging Buyers; Pulte and Grand Jury

Compliance, Broker Products; MBA on Credit Costs; LO Strategy for Aging Buyers; Pulte and Grand Jury

Compliance, Broker Products; MBA on Credit Costs; LO Strategy for Aging Buyers; Pulte and Grand Jury Want better affordability? Lower house prices certainly helps, and this article states that more than half of homes in the United States have fallen in price in the last year. Forget interest rates: Certainly, there are fewer

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Jury Orders Massachusetts State Police to Pay $6.8M Over Discrimination Claims

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A jury has ordered the Massachusetts State Police to pay $6.8 million after a finding that it discriminated against female and minority troopers. The verdict confirmed Tuesday by a Suffolk Superior Court clerk came in a lawsuit accusing the agency’s leadership of enabling a discriminatory process for hiring and promotions that kept women and people

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MIT Grad Brothers Fraud Jury Unable to Reach a Verdict

MIT Grad Brothers Fraud Jury Unable to Reach a Verdict

A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the fraud trial of two brothers, both recently graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who were accused of stealing roughly $25 million in cryptocurrency from traders on the Ethereum blockchain. US District Judge Jessica Clarke declared a mistrial Friday in the case against James Peraire-Bueno,

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Jury Awards $10 Million to Virginia Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old Student

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A jury in Newport News, Virginia has awarded $10 million to a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student. Abby Zwerner, who was shot in January 2023 in her first-grade classroom, had asked for $40 million against a former assistant principal, Ebony Parker. In her lawsuit, Zwerner accused Parker of failing to investigate or

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Chicago Jury is Picked in Boeing Trial Over Payouts Related to Ethiopia Crash

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More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial related to the disaster that killed all 157 people on board was set to proceed. Boeing has settled most of the dozens of wrongful death lawsuits that families of the victims filed against the aircraft maker after the

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