Attorneys Mull Appeal After $24M Punitive Damages Award in Charlottesville Case Is Capped at $350K

"Judge Moon's lengthy opinion reviewing the mountain of evidence we introduced at trial and affirming the jury verdicts on the culpability of each and every defendant confirms what really happened—motivated by the tenets of white supremacy, defendants engaged in a wide-ranging conspiracy to commit violence in Charlottesville in August 2017," plaintiffs counsel said.

January 04, 2023 at 04:01 PM

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Damages

Allison Dunn

The original version of this story was published on Law.com

Attorneys are considering their appellate options after a federal judge drastically reduced the amount of money owed by alleged organizers of the deadly "Unite the Right" rally, limiting a $24 million punitive damages award to the maximum amount allowed by Virginia law: $350,000.