Jury awards $5 million in punitive damages in Metcalf case
The jury ruled that damages of $1 million each should be paid by Robert Dee, Matthew Cross, Edward Kawalek, Robert States and Scott Emerling.
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The jury ruled that damages of $1 million each should be paid by Robert Dee, Matthew Cross, Edward Kawalek, Robert States and Scott Emerling.
"As an attorney, I was pretty shocked to see the award, knowing that there was no real basis in fact," Poloncarz told The Buffalo News on Thursday.
Starting Friday morning, the jury will begin deliberations and decide who they believe.
"When he was born," Metcalf Sr. told a jury last week, "we became a lot closer than you normally would because we were constantly holding him and encouraged to make
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