A truck driver who was accused of stealing gasoline from his employers and sent to jail for three months has won his malicious prosecution case against the Philadelphia food bank he worked for.
In Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge John Younge’s courtroom, an eight-member jury handed up a $500,000 verdict in favor of plaintiff Manuel J. Burgos. The verdict broke down into $125,000 in compensatory damages and $375,000 in punitive damages against Philabundance.
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