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Huguely jury awards $15 million to Love family
Hat tip, the Richmond-Times Dispatch
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Huguely jury awards $15 million to Love family
Tyler Hammel 14 hrs ago
One day short of the 12th anniversary of her murder, a Charlottesville Circuit Court jury awarded $15 million to Yeardley Love’s mother and sister at the end of a week-long wrongful death lawsuit. ... The jury ruled that Love’s convicted killer, George Huguely V, owed her mother and her sister $7.5 million each. The jury ruled that Huguely qualified to pay punitive damages, but did not set an amount.
“$15 million is a very fair verdict, but it is not as important as the finding that the jury made that there was wanton, willful misconduct and conscious disregard for the rights of Yeardley Love,” said Love’s attorney Paul Bekman. “That is extremely important to the family and it is extremely important to us.”
“We think the result of the jury in granting the defense request not to award punitive damages shows that George got a fair trial ten years ago and justice was done at that time and no additional punishment was warranted,” said Matthew Green, Huguely’s attorney. “We said all along that George accepts legal responsibility for what happened, both criminally and civilly.”
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Huguely, a former University of Virginia lacrosse player, was found guilty in 2012 of killing Love, 22, a fellow UVa lacrosse player and Huguely’s on-again, off-again girlfriend. She was found dead in her apartment in May 2010, two weeks before she and Huguely were set to graduate.
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On DailyProgress.com: Timeline of events in Yeardley Love slaying and George Huguely trial
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By Tyler Hammel
Reporter
Tyler is a reporter for the Daily Progress. You can reach him at (434) 978-7268
https://twitter.com/TylerHammelVA | thammel@dailyprogress.com
Huguely jury awards $15 million to Love family
Tyler Hammel 14 hrs ago
One day short of the 12th anniversary of her murder, a Charlottesville Circuit Court jury awarded $15 million to Yeardley Love’s mother and sister at the end of a week-long wrongful death lawsuit. ... The jury ruled that Love’s convicted killer, George Huguely V, owed her mother and her sister $7.5 million each. The jury ruled that Huguely qualified to pay punitive damages, but did not set an amount.
“$15 million is a very fair verdict, but it is not as important as the finding that the jury made that there was wanton, willful misconduct and conscious disregard for the rights of Yeardley Love,” said Love’s attorney Paul Bekman. “That is extremely important to the family and it is extremely important to us.”
“We think the result of the jury in granting the defense request not to award punitive damages shows that George got a fair trial ten years ago and justice was done at that time and no additional punishment was warranted,” said Matthew Green, Huguely’s attorney. “We said all along that George accepts legal responsibility for what happened, both criminally and civilly.”
{snip}
Huguely, a former University of Virginia lacrosse player, was found guilty in 2012 of killing Love, 22, a fellow UVa lacrosse player and Huguely’s on-again, off-again girlfriend. She was found dead in her apartment in May 2010, two weeks before she and Huguely were set to graduate.
{snip}
On DailyProgress.com: Timeline of events in Yeardley Love slaying and George Huguely trial
{snip}
By Tyler Hammel
Reporter
Tyler is a reporter for the Daily Progress. You can reach him at (434) 978-7268
https://twitter.com/TylerHammelVA | thammel@dailyprogress.com