Saturday, May 27, 2006
JUDGE CUTS JURY AWARD
According to a report in the Charleston Post and Courier, Circuit Court Judge J.C. Nicholson Jr. reduced the award granted to former Guardain Ad Litem Linda Erickson. This reduction was to about $1.7 Million in combined actual and punitive damages from the previous amount of $6.5 Million. Also, according to the article, the suit filed by former Dorchester County Family Court Judge Alvin Biggs was unsuccessful.
We make no comment about the verdict in the Erickson case, other than to predict that the case it will either be settled or the verdict will be reduced further on appeal.
As to Judge Biggs, we think that the case should never have been brought. This is because we believe that those who offer themselves to serve as Family Court Judges should be prepared to take a great deal of undeserved abuse. It goes with the job.
According to a report in the Charleston Post and Courier, Circuit Court Judge J.C. Nicholson Jr. reduced the award granted to former Guardain Ad Litem Linda Erickson. This reduction was to about $1.7 Million in combined actual and punitive damages from the previous amount of $6.5 Million. Also, according to the article, the suit filed by former Dorchester County Family Court Judge Alvin Biggs was unsuccessful.
We make no comment about the verdict in the Erickson case, other than to predict that the case it will either be settled or the verdict will be reduced further on appeal.
As to Judge Biggs, we think that the case should never have been brought. This is because we believe that those who offer themselves to serve as Family Court Judges should be prepared to take a great deal of undeserved abuse. It goes with the job.
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