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Word: exboyfriend (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pain and suffering. Surviving relatives can also sue for the financial support that they have lost. Last month a federal judge in New York approved still another approach. The case grew out of the notorious 1977 hammer killing of Yale Student Bonnie Garland by Richard Herrin, her jealous exboyfriend. The judge upheld a jury award of $30,000 to the parents against Herrin, ruling that he recklessly caused severe emotional distress. Says Bonnie's mother Joan: "Now a criminal can't 'I have no responsibility for the damage I've done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Getting Status and Getting Even | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

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