Jury awards $268.6 million in drug case goes to Muhs
In Sioux Falls, a lawyer urged jurors to send a message with a top ten verdict. The $268.6 million award to Jean Muhs in the case against Wayne Clarence Johnson was the sixth largest jury verdict of 2000. The piece notes social issue impact and debates over punitive damages and potential reforms.
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Lawyers Weekly USA
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UGA marks 40 years since desegregation at arch entry
The University of Georgia observes the January 9 1961 desegregation of its campus with the naming of the Academic Building for Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter Gault. Governor Ernest Vandiver and Hunter Gault will attend along with other officials as the campus debates lingering racial divides and admissions policy challenges.
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Mississippi
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Notable jury verdicts dominate 1990s legal awards list
The Associated Press reports a top ten ranking of verdicts across the United States. Cases include Anna Nicole Smith receiving 474.7 million from J Howard Marshall's estate in California and Terry Anderson obtaining 341.7 million from Iran, with additional awards ranging from 105 to 327 million for crimes and damages in several states.
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Texas
Online MBA program at Baltimore grants first six degrees
The University of Baltimore awarded the first six online Master of Business Administration degrees to graduates who met in person for the first time. The all Web MBA launched in 1999 as the first accredited program of its kind enabling degrees without campus visits. Among the graduates is David Gerlowski of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, seeking a career change from medical technology.
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International Association For Management Education
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Carnegie
Penn
Pittsburgh
Massachusetts
Florida
Female convict accused of lying through mail faces charges
Cheryl Koniewicz, 38, a female prison inmate, faces seven counts of mail fraud and a fraud conspiracy for writing love letters to more than 100 male pen pals and persuading them to send nearly 57000. She claimed she would live with them after release to pay fines. Trial set for March in Harrisburg federal court.
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