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Litigation

Jun. 20, 2006

Courts Keep a Tighter Lid on Punitives

SAN FRANCISCO - Ten years ago, half a dozen women working for Ralphs supermarkets hired the same San Francisco lawyer who had won the world's largest sexual-harassment verdict, $7.2 million, on behalf of a California legal secretary.

Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer


      SAN FRANCISCO - Ten years ago, half a dozen women working for Ralphs supermarkets hired the same San Francisco lawyer who had won the world's largest sexual-harassment verdict, $7.2 million, on behalf of a California legal secretary.
      Attorney Philip Kay worked the same magic on behalf of the Ralphs women in a 1998 trial, winning t...

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