Word: verdicts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stepchildren, Annie-Laurie Kneissl and Alexander von Auersperg, who initiated the investigation that led to the charges, were "quietly satisfied" when told of the verdict, according to their attorney, Richard Kuh. Said he: "Mrs. Von Bülow will be in a coma for the rest of her life. At least, seeing a wrongdoer brought to justice makes the trial seem it has not been all in vain...
...word of the verdict spread, several hundred people gathered outside the colonial-style courthouse, drawn by Von Bülow's icy charisma. Cheers rose when he was spotted at a second-floor window, and again when he walked down the courthouse steps. There were chants of "He's innocent!" and "Free Claus!" Von Bülow smiled slightly, then said "Thank you" in a very small voice...
...held no such sway over the jury. The seven men and five women deliberated for more than 37 hours but needed only one vote to reach a verdict. Said Juror Constance F. Jenrette, a laid-off factory worker: "Everything just fit together all of a sudden." They apparently were persuaded by the prosecution argument that Von Bülow wanted to kill Sunny so he could marry another woman, New York Socialite Alexandra Isles, 36, without losing his share of his wife's $75 million fortune. In 1979 and again in 1980, Sunny lapsed into comas, the second irreversible...
...Rely. Though the product had captured 20% of the market, the company recalled it. Then came the lawsuits-400 against Procter & Gamble, 100 or so against four other manufacturers. Last week plaintiffs and defendants in those cases were watching closely when a federal jury in Denver returned the first verdict on Rely. The result contained bad news for both sides. After nearly 20 hrs. of deliberation, the jury found that Procter & Gamble was negligent in selling a defective product, but it also concluded that the young woman who brought the case did not deserve any money...
That strangely bifurcated outcome-perhaps the result of a compromise by the five-man, three-woman jury-astonished Plaintiff Attorney Jon Kidneigh. "We did win, didn't we?" he asked. "I've never won one and got nothing." Other lawyers, though puzzled by the verdict, had considered the case one of the weakest among those pending. After using Rely in May 1980, Deletha Lampshire, now 18, of Littleton, Colo., said she experienced typical TSS symptoms, including low blood pressure, high fever and peeling skin. She spent six days in the hospital. Since then, Lampshire told jurors...