&#36;21 million awarded for 'wrongful birth'
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In what is being called a "wrongful birth" case, a jury awarded more than $21 million Monday to a couple who claimed a doctor misdiagnosed a severe birth defect in their son, leading them to have a second child with similar problems.
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A judge on Wednesday ruled to strike out a record 230.5 million pound (&#36;415 million) claim for special damages by British investment bank Collins Stewart against the Financial Times newspaper.
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A federal jury awarded as much as &#36;434,000 to a Ukrainian woman who sued the Internet matchmaking service that set her up with the man who allegedly abused her after they wed.
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A court in southern Kazakhstan sentenced 21 people to prison Wednesday for medical malpractice after 118 children and 14 mothers were infected with the HIV virus in hospital, of whom nine have died to date.
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Media & professional: Nearly 200 complaints about episode in which pregnant woman threatened with forced caesarean.
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CHICAGO, Dec 9 (MASNET &amp; News Agencies) - A judge ordered three Islamic charities accused of raising money for the Palestinian group Hamas to pay $156 million in damages to the parents of a an American teenager slain in the West Bank.
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A federal appeals court in Chicago overturned a $156 million jury award against a former Muslim charity once billed as the nation's largest and several other defendants yesterday, saying that the plaintiffs failed to prove that financial contributions to a Palestinian terrorist group played a direct...
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An anonymous donor has posted a &#36;100,000 reward for information leading to murder charges in one of the most notorious crimes of the civil rights era &#151; the "Freedom Summer" slayings of three civil rights workers in 1964.
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Rep. Maxine Waters' family members earned more than &#36;1 million in the last eight years doing business with candidates, companies and causes she helped, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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A court on Wednesday ordered three U.S.  Islamic organizations and a man accused of bankrolling the  Palestinian group Hamas to pay $156 million in damages in the  death of an American-born student gunned down in the West Bank  in 1996.
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The United Nations panel overseeing compensation for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait has approved awards worth &#36;2.9 billion for environmental damage, the world body said Thursday.
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Toby Keith, his mother and his siblings have been awarded $2.8 million in damages in the 2001 collision that killed the country music star's father.
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In stories Jan. 13, 14 and 18 about Mexican drug cases, The Associated Press erroneously reported the reward offered by U.S. authorities for alleged Mexican drug lord Ismael Zambada, alias "El Mayo." The amount is &#36;5 million, not &#36;2 million.
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Toby Keith, his mother and his siblings have been awarded $2.8 million in damages in the 2001 collision that killed his father.
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A scheme to compensate WWII victims who had their assets seized by Britain has paid out more Â£21m.
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A jury's &#36;135 million award to the family of a girl paralyzed in a car wreck caused by a drunken football fan should be a wake-up call to teams and their vendors, said the head of a nonprofit group that advises pro sports leagues.
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China has awarded exactly 66,593.36 yuan (4,709 pounds) compensation to a woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her ex-husband and jailed for over two years, local media reported on Wednesday.