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Appellate Practice

Feb. 11, 2006

Ruling Offers Businessman Some Vindication

LOS ANGELES - When Southern California businessman Bill Simon ran for governor in 2002, incumbent Gray Davis blasted him in TV ads for running his family business so badly that he lost a $97.2 million lawsuit.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        When Southern California businessman Bill Simon ran for governor in 2002, incumbent Gray Davis blasted him in TV ads for running his family business so badly that he lost a $97.2 million lawsuit.
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