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Huge award against college exceeds expectations 

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    • July 1, 2013

Even the victorious plaintiff’s attorney in a lawsuit against a technical college in Missouri is a bit surprised that jurors returned a punitive damage award of almost 470 times the plaintiff’s actual damages.
Former student Jennifer Kerr claimed the Kansas City branch of Vatterott College misled her about the usefulness » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/07/01/huge-award-against-college-exceeds-expectations/

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