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Litigation

Apr. 22, 2006

False Confession Earns Man a $7.5 Million Jury Award

SAN DIEGO - A jury has awarded $7.5 million to a former employee of one of the nation's largest auto parts and accessories retailers, finding that a security guard intimidated him into falsely confessing he had stolen $820, according to court documents.

By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN DIEGO - A jury has awarded $7.5 million to a former employee of one of the nation's largest auto parts and accessories retailers, finding that a security guard intimidated him into falsely confessing he had stolen $820, according to court documents.
      Joaquin B. Robles was forced to confess he stole the money from a Ch...

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