There was a little something for both plaintiffs and defense attorneys in a $25 million jury award Tuesday against Universal Corp., one of the world's largest leaf tobacco merchants. The plaintiffs' side touted the verdict as the largest ever issued by a Madera County, Calif., jury. The defense noted the relatively low compensatory damages, totaling just $200,000. The suit accused Universal of retaliating against employees for tipping off police and insurance investigators about suspected fraud.
September 29, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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There was a little something for both plaintiffs attorneys and defense attorneys in a $25 million jury award Tuesday against Universal Corp., one of the world’s largest leaf tobacco merchants and processors.
On the plaintiffs side, the San Francisco mother-son lawyer team of Angela Alioto and Joseph Alioto Veronese touted the verdict as the largest ever issued by a Madera County, Calif., jury.
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