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Personal Injury & Torts

Mar. 8, 2000

Court Dumps $89M Discrimination Verdict

SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld a Los Angeles judge's decision to throw out a jury's $89 million verdict against Hughes Aircraft for wrongful termination of minority employees but, in the process, sparked a call for a judge-set cap on all punitive damages.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld a Los Angeles judge's decision to throw out a jury's $89 million verdict against Hughes Aircraft for wrongful termination of minority employees but, in the process, sparked a call for a judge-set cap on all punitive damages....

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