The 77-year-old defendant denied it, but a Riverside, California jury chose to believe her story, so she gets $6.75 million and the BMW too. [ABA Journal, Heller/OnPoint News]
More from Amy Alkon: “It’s herpes, not lung cancer.”
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on February 28, 2009
The 77-year-old defendant denied it, but a Riverside, California jury chose to believe her story, so she gets $6.75 million and the BMW too. [ABA Journal, Heller/OnPoint News]
More from Amy Alkon: “It’s herpes, not lung cancer.”
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