A Miami-Dade jury awarded more than $91 million Monday to the estate of Miami aviation pioneer George Batchelor and his foundation, concluding both suffered significant losses by investing in a doomed company because of negligent accounting by BDO Seidman.

Jurors deliberated for two days after a four-week trial to end the first phase of the court battle before returning with a compensatory verdict amount of $36.7 million.

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