Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, brothers-in-law and Mets' co-owners, could be held liable at trial for $83 million to $386 million — and possibly more depending on future appeals.
J. Simpson, who while acquitted of murder in a criminal trial was subsequently found in a 1997 civil trial to be liable for "willingly and wrongfully causing the deaths" of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald L. Goldman.
Although Mr. Simpson was acquitted at a criminal trial of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman he was found liable for the deaths in a civil trial.
Mr. Norton, who represented himself at trial, was found liable for $2.1 million in compensatory damages, and the jury also ordered him to pay $5.2 million in punitive damages.
But whether IMDb had breached its contract with her, or is liable for damages, must be decided at trial, she said.
Soriano is liable for €210,000 for conducting a clinical trial without approval from the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products, failing to obtain insurance for the trial, and informing participants he had his hospital's ethical approval when he did not, according to the ruling, which was published 14 January.
The fact that a civil trial found Mr Simpson liable for the deaths of his wife and her friend after Judge Ito's criminal court had acquitted him seemed only to make things worse.
The state court jury found in the second phase of the trial that Wyeth was liable for failing to warn doctors adequately about the risks of heart-valve disease from the fen-phen drug that contained Pondimin, a Wyeth drug.
In a subsequent civil trial, Simpson was found liable for civil damages of $33.5 million.
A civil trial, however, held Simpson liable for the two deaths and ordered him to pay $33 million.
