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 •   Family Awarded Damages in Hate Crime Lawsuit    September 8, 2009
CLCCRUL / An Illinois jury has awarded more than $500,000 to a Chicago family who was harassed by a neighbor because of their race.
 •   Rape Victims Awarded $11 Million- Doctor Failed to Prevent Assault    August 31, 2009
By Robert Gavin / Times Union / Two teenage sisters have been awarded $11 million in a malpractice lawsuit against a prominent Saranac Lake pediatrician who failed to take steps to prevent the girls from being repeatedly sexually assaulted by their half-brother when they were children in Lake Placid...
 •   Jury Awards $10 million in Smyrna Assault Case    August 31, 2009
Tennessean / A Rutherford County jury awarded more than $10 million in damages Friday to a man who claimed he was assaulted at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Smyrna.
 •   Stamford Marriott Claims Woman Was Negligent in Her Own Rape    August 14, 2009
By Monica Potts / The Stamford Advocate / A downtown hotel being sued by a woman raped at gunpoint in its parking garage is claiming she was careless, negligent and "failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children and proper use of her senses and facilities," according...
 •   Child Victim's Act Brought 170 Abuse Suits    August 13, 2009
By Beth Miller / The News Journal / Delaware opened its courthouse doors to victims of child sexual abuse two years ago -- and they came by the dozens to seek justice for offenses committed as far back as 57 years ago, and as recent as three years ago.
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