Sentence examples for won a verdict from inspiring English sources

First, Onassis won a verdict that required Galella to maintain a distance of fifty yards, and later, in a settlement after he had repeatedly violated that order, he agreed to stop photographing her altogether.

Ms. Collins won a verdict on Feb. 13 from a Manhattan jury that said she had written one of the books due under a $4 million, two-book contract with Random House.

Playtex won a verdict prohibiting Tampax from making claims of superiority, until the decision was reversed in 2007, when Tampax made improvements in materials and manufacturing.

He and the other doctors won a verdict of about $108 million, although an appeals court later reduced that to $16 million.

Alpex, which won a verdict against Nintendo, only to see an appeals court overturn it, wanted the Supreme Court to order the lower court to reconsider the case in light of the justices' recent opinion clarifying rules governing inventions that are similar to one another.

Her job is not to win a verdict from a jury, but to make us think.

Under a legal doctrine known as joint-and-several liability, a person who wins a verdict can collect damages from any co-defendant who is able to pay.

To win a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, the defense must show that Malvo did not know the difference between right and wrong at the time of the attacks and did not understand the consequences of his actions.

MICHAEL BARBARO OPTIONS VERDICT Federal prosecutors won a guilty verdict Tuesday in the first options backdating case to go to trial, emboldening their efforts to crack down on similar frauds.

Mr. Jones's mother filed a lawsuit alleging that her son's death was part of a pattern of discriminatory practices, and won a $2.5 million verdict, which was later overturned; another jury awarded her a $900,000 verdict, which East Haven is still fighting.

They won a death verdict in 2007, the first one in New York since 1953.