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Personal Injury & Torts

Aug. 7, 2010

San Jose Jury Grants $30M Award

In one of the largest verdicts rendered in California this year, a San Jose jury on Wednesday awarded a former foster child $30 million in damages for sexual abuse he endured in a foster home.

By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

In one of the largest verdicts rendered in California this year, a San Jose jury on Wednesday awarded a former foster child $30 million in damages for sexual abuse he endured in a foster home. The jury found that Giarretto Institute, a state-licensed company, negligently monitored the home where it placed an 11-year-old boy who was forced into more than 600 acts of sexual abuse by a Santa Clara Cou...

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