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Torts/Personal Injury

Jul. 22, 2025

Inventor denies killing wife as jury awards $23.6M to her parents

A jury awarded $23.6 million to Alice Ku's family after finding Silicon Valley inventor Harold Herchen responsible for her 2019 disappearance and death during a trial in California.

A jury that found Silicon Valley inventor Harold Herchen killed his wife in Taiwan has awarded her family $23.6 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit.

Herchen's attorney said he continues to deny he killed his wife.

Alice Ku's body was never discovered after she went missing in November 2019 and a loophole in U.S. law has allowed Herchen, who is a Canadian and has a warrant for his arrest in Taiwan, to remain free as there is no extradition treaty betwe...

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