Judge trims Dow Jones libel verdict in MMAR case
A Houston federal judge reduced the $227.3 million libel award against Dow Jones & Co. by $200 million in punitive damages. The ruling leaves $22.7 million in actual damages from Laura Jereski’s Oct 21 1993 Wall Street Journal article, as MMAR Group Inc. seeks a new trial to lower it further.
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New York
Houston
Dow Jones & Co
Ewing Werlein
Mmar Group Inc
Dow Jones
Pubisher
Wall Street Jour
Laura Jereski
MMAR
Mass child abuse case falls apart in North Carolina
Prosecutors dropped all charges against the last two defendants in the Little Rascals Day Care scandal, ending retrial hopes for Robert F. Kelly Jr. and Kathryn Dawn Wilson. Kelly’s 1992 conviction and Wilson’s 1993 conviction were reversed on appeal, with lingering cases against others resolved earlier.
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Denton
N.C
Nancy Lamb
Robert F. Kelly Jr
Kathryn Dawn Wilson
Kelly
Wilson
Little Rascals
Albemarle Sound
North Carolina
Susan Small
Elizabeth
Willard Privett
McMartin
California
Margaret Kelly Michaels
New Jersey
Fells Acres
Massachusetts
Edenton
Lamb
State Court of Appeals
Frank Parrish
Gerald Beaver
Beaver
Los Angeles County
U.S
Violet Amirault
Cheryl
Amiraults
Gerald
Senate OKs budget blueprint amid bipartisan support
The Senate passed a fiscal road map backing Clinton and congressional leaders by 78 to 22 as lawmakers head into Memorial Day recess. The measure faces final approval after recess amid disputes over an $8.4 billion disaster relief bill and a plan to prevent federal shutdowns, with House approval already secured.
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Senate
Clinton
Congress
Senators
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
House
Trent Lott
R Miss
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Dy Peeele
Ranger
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