Federal jury awards inmate $295,000 over moldy cell mattress... Sep 20, 2008
The jury's special verdict can be found below. Following a jail riot, Townsend spent about 60 days in a 12' x 6' segregation unit he shared with another state inmate. (The Drudge Report)
Questions Follow Mattel's $100 Million Bratz Verdict Aug 29, 2008
"Without a special verdict form, it's difficult to see how an injunction would be styled.". The federal panel found MGA, Chief Executive Isaac Larian and subsidiary MGA Hong Kong liable for copyright infringement and awarded a total of $10 million in damages in that category. (Law.com)
Barbie Shows Her Claws, Wins $100M Suit Aug 28, 2008
"Without a special verdict form, it's difficult to see how an injunction would be styled.". Related. (ABC News -- Wire)
Troubled Zimbabwean cleared of arson Feb 1, 2008
Eric Matinenga said Mishrod Guvamombe, the presiding magistrate at Wednesday's hearing in Harare, had delivered a "special verdict" which meant Vermuelen had not been in control of his actions when he carried out the attacks. "A special verdict is retained when a person commits an offence while they are not well up there. If the person is considered to be dangerous to society, he is committed to an institution," the lawyer told AFP.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
* ANALYSIS: Vote-buying ruling bad news, analysts say Nov 30, 2007
Deputy Minister of Justice Lee Chin-yung (ii) has warned legislative candidates not to be take Kaoshiung's "special verdict" as a sign that violating the law is acceptable or that "walking fees" are not illegal. He said any candidate or campaigners who pays such a fee to a voter would be charged with vote-buying. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Lisa Montgomery Receives Death Penalty for Kidnapping Resulting in Death Oct 27, 2007
Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal jury returned a special verdict finding that Lisa M. Montgomery, 39, of Melvern, Kan. shall be sentenced to death for kidnapping a baby girl in December 2004, resulting in the death of the infant's mother, U.S. Attorney John F. Wood of the Western District of Missouri, announced today. (PR Newswire)
Philadelphia Judge Awards Wal-Mart Workers $62M More Oct 4, 2007
"Reasonably the Legislature exempted an employer who had a 'good faith' dispute about what was actually owed. In this class action, by the special verdict, the jury found that the defendant required its employees to work without pay by directing them not to record their hours on Wal-Mart's computerized pay system.". Bernstein cited findings from U.S. Eastern District Court for Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Pennsylvania Superior Court cases that executives were entitled to... (Law.com)
Jury awards former Polk County court clerk $165,000 Sep 14, 2007
Jurors, after reaching their initial verdict, asked Judge James Richardson for an additional form to return a special verdict, which included a recommendation to train the clerk's office on the Family Medical Leave Act. Richardson may also consider liquidated damages, which could double the verdict. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
A sign of the times? Jun 28, 2007
On the special verdict form handed out by Polk County Circuit Judge Robert Rasmussen, who heard the case, the jury had three questions to answer regarding the case ... The dates used in the special verdict correspond to the date the new Yourchuck location opened to the point at which a sign was actually installed. (Grantsburg Burnett County Sentinel, WI)
Cussler decision split May 16, 2007
The jury's verdict was held up by the complexity of the special verdict form, which in essence asked them to advise the judge on whether they thought Crusader was still liable for the fee for the second book. Both sides claimed victory on Tuesday. (Variety)
Asbestos Case Nets $10.3 Million Verdict Aug 10, 2006
The jury identified $9 million in non-economic damages for physical pain or mental suffering in its special verdict Monday. The rest, all economic damages, included $210,000 for medical bills, $861,083 for past and future income, and $178,974 for the loss of Barnes' services around his family's two-acre property. (Law.com)
Moussaoui Sentenced To Life In Prison May 6, 2006
In reaching its decision, the jury waded through a "special verdict form" that explored issues such as whether Moussaoui was responsible for the Sept. 11 deaths and whether executing him would make him a martyr. Federal death penalty law mandates that jurors go through such an exercise, which involves weighing the "aggravating factors" submitted by prosecutors against "mitigating factors" proposed by the defense. (Free Internet Press)
Moussaoui Gets Life May 4, 2006
" Three jurors took it upon themselves to write that Moussaoui had "limited knowledge of the 9/11 attack plans. " "The jury seemed to be saying that he is a bit player, someone at the periphery," said Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at the Rand Corp. "It boils down to someone whose hands were not drenched in blood. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Jury deliberating fate of Moussaoui Apr 25, 2006
They were given a 42-page "special verdict form," and they must first make findings on three aggravating factors against Moussaoui. The factors, spelled out in federal law, state that Moussaoui, conspiring with other al-Qaida members, "knowingly created a grave risk of death," that the deaths were "especially heinous, cruel or depraved," and that Moussaoui was involved in "substantial planning and premeditation" for the attacks. (SunSpot.net)
