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Google Search by Juror Could Jeopardize $7.5M Award

A former St. Louis police officer’s $7.5 million damage award in a sexual harassment case could be in jeopardy due to a juror’s unauthorized Google search. Tanisha Ross-Paige won $300,000 in compensatory damages and $7.2 million in punitive damages from …

South Carolina Man Wins Damages for Being Wrongly Identified

A Clarendon County jury has awarded $890,000 in damages to a South Carolina man after members of the governing board at his condominium wrongly identified him as a registered sex offender. James E. King thinks the situation stemmed from a …