Chalk up more money leaving Penn State over the Penn State Football Program Scandal. instead of Settling as I would have done for $4-$5 Million PSU will pay $7+ Million plus costs for their own Counsel, and again have Negative Headlines for the University. FYI, Punitive Damages are usually Appealed in Higher Courts and usually reduced.
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They then found against Penn State on the misrepresentation count, awarding $1.15 in compensatory damages and then adding $5 million in punitive damages against the university. All members of the jury left the courthouse annex building without commenting to reporters. Thursday's verdicts, which came after about four hours of deliberation, are not the final word on the case. A separate whistleblower charge levied by McQueary is being decided separately by Senior Judge Thomas Gavin and is still pending. Gavin indicated Thursday he will render his decision on that count within 30 days..................Apparently, the jury made that statement. In order to find misrepresentation, the panel had to find that the Penn State administrators' likely believed that McQueary was reporting potential child abuse in 2001, and they had a duty to take it to police or child welfare officials. By not doing so, the jury apparently found that McQueary was left exposed as a potential fall guy when the story broke 10 years later.
LINK:
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/10/mcqueary_wins_civil_case_again.html#incart_big-photo
Excerpt:
They then found against Penn State on the misrepresentation count, awarding $1.15 in compensatory damages and then adding $5 million in punitive damages against the university. All members of the jury left the courthouse annex building without commenting to reporters. Thursday's verdicts, which came after about four hours of deliberation, are not the final word on the case. A separate whistleblower charge levied by McQueary is being decided separately by Senior Judge Thomas Gavin and is still pending. Gavin indicated Thursday he will render his decision on that count within 30 days..................Apparently, the jury made that statement. In order to find misrepresentation, the panel had to find that the Penn State administrators' likely believed that McQueary was reporting potential child abuse in 2001, and they had a duty to take it to police or child welfare officials. By not doing so, the jury apparently found that McQueary was left exposed as a potential fall guy when the story broke 10 years later.
LINK:
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/10/mcqueary_wins_civil_case_again.html#incart_big-photo