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November 16, 2013

A rare decision

A civil jury in Santa Clara County has awarded a teacher $362,653 in compensatory damages after he was falsely accused of being "a 'perv' and 'creeper' who inappropriately touched kids and peeked into their restroom." The second phase of the trial will commence on Monday to determine punitive damages. The jury ruled that even a girl who was 11 years old at the time "acted with malice and is liable for punitive damages."

They came down hardest on the "ringleader" student and the mother of the other two girls.

The demeanor of the "ringleader," now 14, appeared to have alienated the jury. She giggled often while testifying, and twice got off the witness stand, stood in front of the jury box and demonstrated a dance move and chant a school cheer. The jurors sat grim-faced without smiling.

| permalink | November 16, 2013 at 05:08 PM

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