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SANTA MONICA: Now that the Simpson jury has delivered its verdict, the endless courtroom miniseries moves to appeals of both the civil case and his child-custody decision. Up next: How much should he pay? Jurors will reconvene on Thursday for a punitive damages hearing where plaintiff witnesses will testify how much Simpson is worth and, subject to the judge's approval, how much he could be worth in the future. Trying to keep earning potential out of the equation, Simpson lawyers Wednesday fought to prevent testimony estimating the long-term market value (if any) of Simpson's name...
...outcome are charges by the defense that evidence against Simpson was manipulated by Los Angeles police and the prosecution's last-minute presentation of 30 photos showing O.J. Simpson in Bruno Magli shoes similar to the ones that left bloody prints at the scene of the crime. While plaintiff?s attorney Tom Lambert told the jury that the Simpson defense was based on "deception, desperation, dishonesty," Robert Baker, the former football star's lead attorney, dismissed evidence supplied by the prosecution as "not trustworthy." Damages will be determined for Goldman's parents if Simpson is found guilty. Contrary to claims...
...million damage award to an Alabama man who bought a new $40,000 BMW 535i without knowing that it had a slightly spruced-up paint job. BMW said it spent $601.37 to retouch the 1990 sedan after it had been damaged in shipping. But an Alabama jury awarded the plaintiff $4,000 in the 1992 case for loss of value and tacked on an additional $4 million in punitive damages, which the state supreme court later cut in half...
...University also claimed that, if necessary, the entire issue could be avoided. If Harvard decides to make the four doors in question comply with regulations, the University stated that the plaintiff would have no jurisdiction...
Although the VMI ruling will also decide the pending Citadel lawsuit, this case has attracted far less attention because the plaintiff was the Bush Administration's Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, filing on behalf of an anonymous complainant under his civil rights authority. His weight and hair were not nearly so much fun to ridicule as the huffing and puffing Shannon Faulkner, whose dropping out to the cheers of cadets was carried live...